Notes on History

"History is created by humans in its entirety." -- Joel Duque

What I stated above is true. That's the reason why governments and influential people give history its due importance. Leaders have done everything, to the best of their ability, to change parts of it which they don't like or despise completely. You ask how? It's simple. They use whatever means they have at hand to change the way it written through different tools -- money, influence, force, etc. Name it, they have it! I like to end this short essay of mine by giving a concrete example. Did you know in Japan, the Japanese government allowed the handing out of textbooks which purportedly downplays Japanese atrocities? That's according to the Chinese people. These even created tensions and bilateral backfires threatening the supposed goodwill that was developing between China and Japan. What's the truth of the matter? I don't know. I'm a Filipino. And even if I were a Chinese or Japanese, I still wouldn't know. I wasn't born before the 1940's to have actually experienced wartime movements and actions. I just don't want to believe everything said to my face with their face value. That's all.