As ‘The Only Magazine of Universe College London’, The Cheese Grater has an obligation to meet the needs of the whole student body. As such, we strive to respect and represent the traditional values of equality and diversity on which this University is now merely nominally based.
Universe College London is an incredibly diverse place. We're ‘London’s Galactic University’, and it shows. Look around the virtual reality lecture theatre next time you're attending a knowledge transmission session, and you'll see students of all sorts: humans, robots, androids, nanotrons, polyunsaturates and cyborgs.
That’s why everybody at The Cheese Grater was so surprised and hurt at Bionic Rowley’s suggestion that the magazine is cybophobic. All of us here, (but especially me) take this accusation not only seriously but also personally. I myself take it more personally than most; some of my most efficient domestic slaves are cyborgs, and the idea that anyone could suggest that I have prejudiced views towards this noble and docile subset of semi-intelligent life is extremely hurtful.
As an indication of how seriously we take these allegations, the society decided that a thorough and impartial review of editorial policy was needed. After having conducted this review myself I can categorically state that I personally am not cybophobic and therefore that it is impossible for me to present stories in a light which implies or endorses cybophobia.
My tolerance, indeed love for raving cyborgs is well known. In fact, I even think the society members appointed me to conduct the impartial and thorough review of myself because they think I'm a cyborg! I take this as a compliment, of course, but I want to reiterate that I’m totally not a cyborg. Visit my Visagebook site for photos of me with a female humanoid companion on a recent holiday. Pretty hot huh?
As you can see, while I definitely retain a straightforward, no-nonsense human look, I have been influenced by the style of cyborg designers and musicians. The very idea that I could possibly be implying that cyborgs are bad when I wrote the story “Sick cyborgs meeting... (continued forever)