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While the joke was originally supposed to be a reference to Star Trek, it backfired when passersby took it as an offensive remark aimed at immigrants or Indigenous Canadians. Nick Troller of Winnipeg thought his “ASIMIL8” plate was pretty neat when he got it in 2015. Then when the DMV told him to change his plates, he refused to do that, too.Ī Manitoba licence plate reading ‘ASIMIL8’ was intended as a “Star Trek” reference but raised ire for being offensive to Indigenous cultures and Canada’s history of assimilating them. The bill came to $12,000, which Droogie refused to pay. Unfortunately, instead of erasing his ticket, Droogie was stuck with every outstanding ticket given to someone with a missing or unreadable. It turns out the third party that processes the citations enters the phrase NULL into every field for which they have incomplete data. It was a clever idea, but it didn’t work.