Data man cannot say that, he is android

[universal]

In the ep where data man is captured and he gets the choice of anything he wants, although a robot cannot want, he says he does not wish to be here. But Since he is not human with no feelings, he cannot say this and more. His programming would say like, I am not under your authority, or, I do not belong here, I am with US enterprise. No emotions, just Y or N.

[muttley]

But, Data has a greater sense of self awareness - closer to that of humans, and although he had no emotions, he still had a sense of desire/ self fulfilment and creation. He was able to care for Spot the cat, and also think outside of his programming. He was, in all sense, a young child finding out what he was and what he was capable of.