MM>> I can't imaging the Borg having the built-in capability to reproduce
 MM>> and not using it.
 CJ>> But remember that the Borg assimilate different species, although most
 CJ>> of the Borg we've seen have been humanoid. Wouldn't it be easier to
 CJ>> assimilate babies than to go through all the trouble of pregnancy and
 CJ>> birth?
 JC>> Wouldn't that lead to quite an unstable position? In order to keep
 JC>> replacing  themselves they would need access to an unassimilated
 JC>> population so they can  assimilate the babies
The Shakers had the same problem. I guess it's an issue that gets swept
under the rug, and a developing society doesn't realize the problem
until the situation that created the problem is a major building block
=of= the society. BWDIK, I'm not an anthropologist.
 KP> What of total test-tube babies?
Correct me if I missed something in the episode, but didn't Seven of
Nine say in a recent Voyager episode that the Borg 'do not reproduce'
because it is inefficient? I thought she then went on to say that they
assimilated the babies (do they drink Assimilac, I wonder? )
Seems to me it =would= be more efficient just to assimilate adults,
rather than having to take care of the rugrats.
                                    csj
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