Yes, you've posted this before. I remember because its usually one of your shorter posts by 30,000 words.
Tell me, if someone were stupid enough to break the law, depending on the law (say smoking pot), would you kidnap and execute them? Certainly, drugs are different than religion, but keep in mind that this gentleman persisted to piss off the Thalmor without fully understanding the consequences.
With your callous disregard for human life, you've made it obvious why you're an Imperial. A bard dies, so be it. A man opens a gate, he should die. A man or woman is standing around in the wrong spot, kill them too.
But if a single noble is harmed, sound the horns! Send in expert generals and get pl*** organised. My, how bourgeoisie.))
Smoking pot isn't a good analogy, the ban on Talos is considered more extreme, it was put into effect after a long and bloody war. Someone breaking the law, knowing they're breaking the law, not just any law, but a law that was put in place at the cost of thousands that died for peace. He wasn't able to swallow his stubborn pride and keep quiet.
Any person, be it bard or noble who breaks the law is expected to be punished. While it is harsh and sometimes hard to understand, the Ban on Talos wasn't something easily put into place. It took many years of warfare and destruction for it to happen.
A man opens a gate, he should die? Yes he should, he didn't simply open a gate. He was a guard in Solitude, he knew exactly what he was doing when he let Ulfric escape, watching the execution scene shows he knew what he was doing and would do it all over again, claiming Ulfric is in the right. He is by his actions accessory to High treason against the Empire, which the punishment for high treason is death. He was hardly an innocent who opened a gate randomly.
Sound the horns when a single Noble is harmed? Sending in expert Generals... Tullius arrived when Ulfric Stormcloak declared war against the western holds, plunged Skyrim into a war of succession and had the Nords in a Civil war which they haven't done since the First War of Succession.
So if you believe sending in a Military General to restore order when the province is ready to tear itself apart, with citizens who do not want to be under Ulfric's tyranny. Then you a strange moral compass.
You call the Empire oppressors, yet you fight for a tyrant. You claim you fight for the 'common folk' yet the very Legionaries you kill are common folk, nearly all of them locally recruited and are fighting to restore their homeland.
Your main arguments are based on the belief that everything is an Imperial lie. I find it interesting you're now using the Bard in your argument when not too long ago you were claiming it as propaganda. If you want to do your head canon, that is fine. But try to leave it out of arguments based on fact.
You yourself have made it clear to why you're a Stormcloak. You claim oppression while having no problems with the racial hatred, the racial segregation and the fact the Stormcloaks in the Reach plan to enslave the native population. You have used slavery as an argument and are now fighting for a group who will use slaves. As a Khajiit one would think you to be more sympathetic to the people of the Reach who are common folk, being put in chains and also being forbidden to worship their own Gods.
Stormcloaks cry victim yet they are the real oppressors. They demand free worship when the people of the Reach want the same. The people of the Reach took up arms against the Nords and they're called terrorists by some Stormcloak supporters. Yet when the Stormcloaks have taken up arms, they're a bloody hero?
Stormcloak Skyrim is oppression, your biased views towards your own Government can't keep you that blind forever. You go on about Nobles in the Empire, but the Stormcloaks go on about Skyrim for the Nords. While many do not understand the meaning, it is clear it is "Skyrim for Nords only" That is what they want, speak with the Free-Winter fellow in Windhelm, he'll explain to you what Skyrim for the Nords means.
It isn't about Skyrim should be ruled by Nords, because it already is and it has been since Ysgramor founded his city.
Many Stormcloak supporters in the thread claim to fight for tradition yet Ulfric makes a mockery of tradition, he abuses Nordic tradition. Nordic tradition that the Empire respected, the Pact of Chieftains means nothing under Ulfric Stormcloak, the way of the voice and the list goes on.
You also have Stormcloak supporters saying it is Galmar who is the bad one, not Ulfric. Galmar gets placed in charge of keeping the Jarls in line, making sure they follow Ulfric's orders.
You claim the Legion is an oppressive police state. Yet the opening scene they're aiding the "common folk" You got soldiers with the wounded trying to stop bleeding.
What was Ulfric's actions during a city attack? Execute everyone who didn't aid him. You didn't see the Legions executing children old enough to wield a sword that didn't pick one up in the name of the Emperor.
"With us or against us." True words of a non oppressive group...
I also hate to break it to you, but the Stormcloaks have nobles too. The Stormcloak supporting Jarls are their nobles and I'm sure you absolutely love them. You got one teaching his son to hate dark elves, you got another planning to enslave a native population, hell you even got one who is willing to sacrifice every man woman and child for a cause not of their own.
You fight for the common folk right?
Bulfrek:
"Skald, if you don't mind sir, I have a request."
Skald:
"You, have a request of me, Bulfrek? This should be interesting."
Bulfrek:
"Well, I was thinking sir, with the war going on and all. Maybe, I could enlist? Fight the Imperials?"
Skald:
"A servant? Enlisting in the Stormcloaks? Ah, Bulfrek, that's why I like having you about. You're always good for a laugh."
Yeah, you can certainly see how Stormcloak "Nobles" feel about the common folk.