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@benfell @mikemccaffrey there's several arguements here so I'll go over them:

• TOS presented the Gorn attack as a reaction to the Federation building a military outpost in their territory. In effect, the TOS Gorn were acting perfectly reasonably in self defense against Federation settlers.
• Once assimilated, Borg drones form a part of a greater mind. They are no longer themselves, their bodies part of a massive cosmic spanning body. In that effect the Borg do not see the assimilated as soldiers, they are merely fingers to be used. It is horrifying to us who see bodies as a thing of personal autonomy, but not to a hive-mind entity as the Borg.
• This comparison of SNW Gorn with the Borg flattens their neuance. Consider the difference: The first is a rapist who selects someone, assaults them, violates their consent, and takes what they want. The other is a mad dentist. He will kidnap and traumatize you with the intent to make your dental hygine better, regardless of whether you want to or not. They see the cost to you (trauma, mental health) as insignificant compared to the greater good of having good teeth. But they are doing it to improve you, as horrible and misguided as it is.
  There is an important difference.