It's the Borg Collective's nature to assimilate. Even the Federation's personnel agree on this.Dakarne wrote:It's their nature.I take it then you consider ants evil, as they do the same thing on a relative scale?
Artificial does not equte evil, moron. There's nothing natural about a microwave either, but it isn't evil, is it?There's nothing natural about the borg. They are a creation, not an evolution.
Wow...the Queen is knowledgeable on the races the Borg have assimilated. I suppose you think that because George W. Bush currently leads the United States and knows about past wars, he's responsible for all of them?Proof. Last time I checked, the: "I've heard those same words from thousands of species across thousands of worlds, since long before you were created..." quote still rang true.Not true. Assimilation is a default action of Borg forces.
As to your proof:
ENT "Regeneration": Borg drones follow basic programming, assimilating individuals and a ship. No Queen present.
STVOY "Unity": Dead drones onboard a derelict cube are reactivated, falling back to their basic programming and trying to assimilate the Voyager away team. No Queen present.
STVOY "Drone": Borg nanoprobes fused with the holo docter's mobile emitter and assimilate it. No Queen involved.
Many other examples I could quote, but I won't bother. I trust my point is clear.
Only an idiot could assert that. There are plenty of benefits. It's just a matter of what the subjective cost to benefit ratio is. For most people like you and me, the cost is too high. This doesn't mean things like enhanced strength, personal shielding, extented lifespan, hive mind existence, cooperation, elimination of crime, hunger, etc are not benefits.There is no benefit to being a Borg Drone, Walper.The only time the Borg have killed is in response to others trying to attack them first. Otherwise they prefer to either ignore others or incorperate others into their Collective, giving them all available benefits.
Being ruled by a single leader (although the Queen is slightly more complex than that) is nothing new or evil. I already addressed the fact artificial does not equate evil. Moving on.The Borg are controlled by a single cyborg woman with megalomania. There is nothing natural about that, and there is nothing natural about a race of cyborgs, as, need I remind you, cyborg parts need to be created, and are too complex for such things as ants to develop.A lot of things ants do is sickening to many people, while I subscribe it's just nature. So you assert they are evil?
Pretty stupid definition, Dakarne, since a greater purpose is entirely subjective. Hitler himself used that bloodly justification!Anything that knowingly, and willfully, harms life without a greater purpose.Humor me. Define what evil is.
And besides, the Borg have stated their greater purpose with great clarity: To improve themselves, raise the quality of life for all assimilated species, and attempt to attain perfection.
Species tend to disgree that their life is expendable for the greater good of another species. This is called selfish nature, something every living creature has.A scientist using animal blood to develop a cure for a disease: not evil.
The Borg aren't interested in political conquest or wealth. This was established in the first episode that they appeared in, and hasn't changed. Their goal is to attain perfection, improve themselves and the lives of assimilated species.The borg collective assimilating and enslaving millions of unwilling lives, only to further their own goal of conquest: evil.