This reminds me of what Austin Walker of Giant Bomb says was one of the most important realizations of his adult life: you don't get to decide if someone else is offended or not. If someone is offended by something you say or do, an adult opens a dialogue to find out why. After things are made clear, you can politely disagree. But you don't get to do is day, "What I'm doing isn't offending anyone; you're just too sensitive."
I get that it's a Star Trek reference, but it's clear how it could be taken the wrong way. I'd just say," Ah, I understand. My bad." and think of a new plate.
Also, I can't be the only one that sees the similarities between the Borg and imperialist Europe, right? I've never seen Star Trek, but my guess is that's kind of the point.
I get what you're saying, and I don't think the original intent was to be offensive. But it shouldn't be up to everyone that reads it to know that a loaded word, especially in this area of Canada (where I live), it's meant to be something else. Once he was told how many would take it, he should grow up and realize that his right to fly his nerd flag shouldn't overwrite many people's legitimate concern over a term that was used to indoctrinate and/or exterminate tens of thousands of aboriginals.
Fucking really?
