I think I'm gonna join the Imperials, the Stormcloaks do seem like assholes.

I've chosen the Imperials for various reasons:

• Unlike the stormcloaks, who just want Nord's to live in Skyrim, the Imperials do not differentiate between races. They just want Skyrim to be peaceful again.
• Ulfric's ambitions and goals are more than shady for me, especially when taking a certain incident (massacre of his own race) into account...
• It has been stated that Ulfric has been released by the Thalmor so he can stir up a civil war.
• If the Imperials are defeated, Skyrim will be weak and vulnerable to attacks from "outer sources".
• While it is true that the Imperials have banished the worship of Talos due to the "White-Gold Concordat", once the Empire is strong again, they can rebel against said concordat.

I was Dunmer and i joined stormcloaks... :)

LEAVE SKYRIM, PLAY MORROWIND THAT IS A REAL ELDER SCROLLS.

I feel like stormcloaks are racist assholes and I always play khajiit or argonian so I just decide to pick imperials. Don't really care though. Doesn't do much either way.

I wanted to fo stormcloak at first,then I realized they were complete racists so i joined the imperial army.Then again the imperials are kinda jerks but better armor imo :).

Hey, time to create a

POLL.

In general, neither of them are good guys or bad guys. Imperial Legion fights for unity of the whole Tamriel, while Stromcloaks want Skyrim to be independent. Thalmor are the only ones who really benefit from all of that.
What I like to do is to actually role-play (after all this is a role-playing game). Before creating a character I would make a backstory, together with his/her beliefs and personality, like something you would do in board game RPGs like D&D. Together with mods, it gives you a very wide variety of possibilities.
For example, if you want to stick to the lore, Orcs usually join the Imperial Legion because they often get a lot of respect for their smithing and fighting skills. However, what if your character has a history with them? Besides the fact that they did try to execute you, maybe your character attacked them first out of hatred and got himself captured? It can be whatever you want it to be, that's the beauty of the TES games. :)