That was for Q's benefit.
When the first borg was found/captured alive by the TNG crew, they did not kill him, but nurtured him back to health, and gave him a name. Members of the Borg collective were not given names, and were not allowed to have an individual identity. They found that although this Borg was part of the collective, he had not been completely assimilated, and they named him Hugh (You) and uncovered a spark of individuality which eventually weakened the strength of the Borg collective over the series. Part of the plot was that generally, Borg only speak in the plural, and have no individual identity, but by the end of the episode, Hugh was using "I" rather than "we".
It is basically a morality play on the value of individual thought over group think, and was greatly reminiscent to me of the themes in Anthem.
We are Hugh
Updated On: 1/14/09 at 12:12 AM