Finding the real "truth" about the borg, is like living in a house with a beautiful picture window, with a view to die for. Here is my story:
One day, as you walk past, you notice what appears to be a small smudge on the glass, and you try to clean it off, but the smudge seems to grow and the view gradually becomes distorted. This is upsetting to you, because you can't quite see the view from the window like before. You miss it, but you still manage to live with it the way it is. You still can picture in your mind "the perfect view" from the window.
As time goes by, you try to not look out the window, because it only brings you sadness. You have this beautiful large window, and yet, it has become useless. It makes you sad. You don't think you can ever replace it. Your wife and children don't understand, but because this has affected you so greatly, out of love, your wife decides to cover up the window and that makes the room dark and gloomy. Not even extra lamps in the room changes that gloomy, forboding feeling. Everyone in the family suffers. No one knows what to do.
Then one day, you wake up feeling quite refreshed and you feel like you could do anything--even replace the entire window. You feel like living and you are tired of the dark and gloom. You aren't a carpenter by trade, but you begin to learn by visiting a friend who replaced his window some time ago. (At the time, you thought it strange that he would replace a window with such a great view---now, in an odd way, you are beginning to figure it out.) Your friend is very willing to help you, share his knowlege and his tools and even his physical strength. You had not known such love and compassion ever before.
Your wife says the window must be quite dirty because it's been covered over with dark curtains for a long time. Not only is it dirty, but it is down-right ugly. But you fearlessly take them down. Without hesitation, you break away the distorted glass and suddenly, you are looking out at the real world. It is even more beautiful than what you used to see from your picture window. You are amazingly surprized. Your family gathers around and says it is a maricle for sure. The breeze comes in and it just feels right.
After awhile, you realize in time that you still need to have glass in the window, to protect you from the elements and make your home comfortable. So you insert a brand new piece of glass. This time, the view is not distorted and you can finally see clearly.
(This is my story, and I'm sticking to it. Just the writer in me I guess.
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