This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 20, 2006). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
This week in my History 101 class (covering everything up to 1500), we’re looking at Ghengis Khan, Kublai Khan, and the Mongols. The professor spent a few minutes talking about the Mongol’s invasion techniques, which were simple but could be fairly ruthless: if armies surrendered they’d be treated fairly well; if they fought, they’d often be razed to the ground and completely destroyed. After summarizing this, he commented, “really, they were pretty close to the Borg.”
I chuckled, and there was a moment of quiet while he took a sip of his tea. Then one of the girls in the class slightly timidly asked, “…what’s ‘the borg’?”
Sigh. I’m getting old.
Congrats on the conversion to WordPress, Mike … let me know if I can be of any assistance to you. Hope you got the PDF I e-mailed you with my various plugins. :)
Damn kids today, they don’t know where “How appropriate, you fight like a cow” is from!
That’s OK Mike. I had an unfortunate encounter with a tweenie who didn’t know that Starbuck was orignially a guy in BG. ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHH! It wasn’t THAT long ago. Was it? What’s this world coming to anyways?