December 12, 2013 4:05 PM EST
One of the biggest arguments I've seen in favor of the Aldmeri Dominion is that they are in fact better than men. Why? Because they have longer lifespans and therefore more knowledge. Now let me ask you this, when you play through the game you are given the task of killing Dragons or Dovah. Those Dovah once ruled the world because they were "the rightful rulers" thanks to their "divine blood". They believed that man and mer were both beneath them and that they were the superior beings because of their immortality and knowledge. Sound familiar? By all accounts the Dovah were right too. They were better than man or mer. They had knowledge, power, etc. that was unmatched and is still unmatched save for the Dovahkiin him/herself.
Now that being said I don't see anyone defending the Dovah's perspective that "Hey those mortals rebelled against us and took our land away! They're nothing but murdering scum with no respect for authority! They must be hungry for power because they are trying to take ours!".
Fact is people can argue all they want that the Stormcloaks are bad for fighting the Dominion and their Imperial puppets. That they're breaking the law, yadda yadda yadda. However, when the men who fought the Dovah for freedom started killing them that was against the law too. Do you think the men back in those days were accepting of any Dovah that strolled into town? Hell no, they'd have lopped its head off (or died trying) without even letting him speak his peace. Doesn't matter if the Dovah had good intentions the ancient people of Tamriel would have been racist as hell to all Dovah. Same applies to the Stormcloaks and their racism. It's not that they just hate everyone, it's that they don't have the luxury of putting their guard down. They're out numbered, out gunned and out classed in a world that wants them dead. If I were in that situation you can be damn sure I'd kill an Argonian before letting him live next door to me and my family. But Ulfric doesn't even do that, he lets them actually live in his city (well outside, but they still have shelter)!
I know none of this was really in your post, but I thought I'd add this point of view to the argument.
Now onto your argument. You say it's wrong to worship Talos. Why? Because he's a murderer? George Washington was a "murderer" by that logic. William Wallace was a "murderer". In fact every hero in history was a murderer if you think of things the way you have. Fact is there is a very thin line between "hero" and "murderer" and history shows that the distinction between the two is subject to who is asked. To the elves Talos may be a monster, but to the men he saved and brought peace and prosperity to he is a saint. Why shouldn't those men be allowed to worship him after all he did for them? Because the elves' jimmies get rustled because of actions that aren't even properly documented? You got two different sides to the Talos argument that have VASTLY different views of him, and when two sides are that far apart on something it usually means that neither of them is right.
In the end if comes down to this though. The Altmer are no longer part of the Empire. They don't have to even see a human if they didn't want to, so why are they so adamant about enforcing what they do? You could argue that it's because "it's wrong to worship Talos" but in the process of stopping his worship you're wasting resources and lives trying to fight a pointless war over an idea. That's not justice. That's not knowledgeable or wise. It's pure childish behavior because you don't want someone else to do something that you don't agree with.
