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<b>Message ID:</b> 119 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Wed Apr 21 20:37:46 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Webmistress <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: (no subject) <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-904991378">Gabriel wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I don&#39;t feel he was commercializing it, more like defending against<br/>
&gt; accusations.<br/>
<br/>
&gt; &gt;From: James Sparks &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:jchristophersparks@...">jchristophersparks@...</a>&gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Try to use the message board for bards, not promoting your guild. <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>This didn&#39;t seem like commercialization to me either. This is a<br/>
&quot;Bard-related&quot; forum, and the Guild is certainly &quot;Bard-related&quot;... so<br/>
advertising/defending/slamming/discussing the Guild in this forum seems<br/>
more like a constructive expansion of the Bard way o&#39;life and is thus A<br/>
Good Thing. Is it any worse than, say, publishing Bard-specific<br/>
spoilers? I for one would interpret that activity as being far more<br/>
unethical than advertising a Guild - and as I will myself contribute to<br/>
some of these spoiler threads... well, you can see just HOW unethical I<br/>
really think it is :)<br/>
<br/>
Marianda <br/>
Vivacious Violinist<br/>
<br/>
PS - And before someone gets the impression that my comments are<br/>
motivated by something other than sheer exuberance, I personally have<br/>
absolutely no interest in this Guild, but just knowing that it is out<br/>
there fills me with a warm and fuzzy feeling that just makes me want to sing.....</div>