Mysterious Buttons and Naked Kings

Day 726, 12:51 • Published in Canada Canada • by William Duncan

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Where's the peace button? | King David. Butt Naked.




Today I went looking for the peace button.



I had no idea where it was.

That speaks volumes about the recent history of eCanada. As a priority I had to find out where the "attack" button was when I became President. It was actually the first thing I did upon logging in. That button was the difference between doom and deliverance for our country. With it we could block for our allies and commence liberation; without it, we were destined for occupation. That button, for so long, had been the difference between life and death.

In my 6 weeks as President, I never once needed to know where the peace button was. So after talking with Lyne, President of eFrance, and agreeing, along with our respective Congresses, to come to peace, she offered to give me the honours of proposing that peace. I happily accepted. It was then that I went searching for the mysterious "peace" button. I didn't see it anywhere. Quite embarrassed, I had to inform Lyne that I could not find the button. Lyne proceeded to tell me that it was under the &quot😉eclare War" option. Not a very intuitive place to put it, but I finally found it.

I couldn't help but feel an enormous sense of irony during the whole process. eCanada, so used to wars and battles, and suddenly finding itself at peace with its neighbours, had no idea how to actually declare that peace.


Let's not forget how to make peace ever again.



Why is David Naked?

Caption: King David. Butt Naked.

Legend has it that the Biblical King David, rejoicing, danced naked before the eyes of none other than God himself, and through the streets of his capital city for everyone to see.

Though interpretations differ from the the actual passage about just how David was clothed (if he was at all), one thing is made quite clear: he was, at the very least, wearing anything but what was considered the fitting attire of a King.

One lady, a member of the Royal Family, did not appreciate seeing her King reduce himself to such a lowly level:

"Michal, the daughter of Saul looked out the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing... and she despised him in her heart."


Harsh. How come?

&quot😉avid returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, 'How the King of Israel honoured himself today before the eyes of his servants' maids, as any vulgar fellow might shamelessly uncover himself!'"

There he was, her King, dancing and rejoicing among the common folk, like the common folk, dressed as none other than the common folk. Absolutely not acceptable for a King: "Vulgar" and "shameless," she says.


The story concludes with David's response:

"I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in my own eyes; but by the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honour. And Michal, the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death."

Take from that story what you will. I can't help but be impressed by David's ease to cast aside his Kingly attire. I am sure that this sight made many onlookers shield their eyes, shake their heads, and gasp in shock at seeing their King so plainly, so nakedly. Frankly, I think sometimes people need to see that, and remember that -underneath all those clothes- even the King is still only a man.




Take care,
WD