[Bards] Unanswered questions and quandries on my readability

[Gerald Norris]

Charles, I think we're doing just fine.  I've detected a large reservoir of
pent-up emotion on a topic.  It does my heart good to see the discourse
going on; colleges, competitions, our very roles within the SCA and our
kingdom.  

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Up until this topic, it appeared that bards were willing to go quietly into
the abyss.  If the only use for a bard is to prove their selves by winning a
title, then we surely have slipped well down the slippery slope.  Yet here
we are discussing the very questions you have asked us to consider.  How are
we doing?

Charles O Floinn
I compete against myself and share the results with others.