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08/30/2004: "Run, David, Run"
Rebecca is a David. Contrariwise, David is not and is unlikely to become a Rebecca. Growing up, I had the examples of David Niven, the Dave Clark Five, Davey and Goliath and (David) Deacon Jones before me. I learned in Sunday School of an heroic King David, psalmist, underdog victor, dynastic founder and forebear of the messiah. It wasn't until later I learned of the stiffnecked, tragic warlord he became, corrupted by power and sensuality, broken and exhausted by his own excesses. There were a lot of Davids then; it seems like I always had a friend of that name. But now, I notice, when I call and say, "It's David," she doesn't say, "David Who?" I saw a movie, once, which had a running joke about how many Davids there were in Wales. A church member, named David, recently fathered a son and called his name, "Davis". I wondered, if you like the name, why ot reproduce it; if you don't, why not go for something completely different? Would we stand for Rebecca having a duaghter, "Rebecco"? I think not.
