Thread: Islamo-fascism is the BORG
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Old 07-31-2008, 11:20 AM   #8
Flint
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl View Post
I've seen it. It's a good'un.
Mind remained unblown as far as I am aware though...
Yeah, I thought it was a good episode when I saw it 10/15 years ago, but in a post-9/11 world I couldn't believe I was hearing some of these lines:

"They've declared war on our way of life." etc.

The Borg are literally de-humanized, whereas in the real world we have to ideologically dehumanize our enemies.
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