A writer has an innate responsibility to his readers. He has a responsibility to history too – a history made by consensus, and not by so called "winners" according to a tv speaker. He should not decieve, he should not play with the truth. He has the power, he has the gift, then he has to make righteous product out of it.
Sometimes, it is really sad that some people abuse this power. They write poor researched garbage. They mislead, they trick people – purposely or unconsiously. They mix facts and fictions, they rewrite history.
I personally think that every reader has that duty to oneself to assess everything they read before accepting it. However, if an unaware gets flooded with garbage more frequently than his mind can handle, his version of the truth may be skewed permanently and unconsciously.
To this, who should be held responsible?
PS. If it's just ok to make a fiction out of general truth, I hope one Filipino writer make a danbrwn version of Rizal, Mabini, and Bonifacio's life. O kaya naman, a danbrwn version or Philippine history wherein we defeated the spaniards, japanese and american conquerors. Then make a movie and let kids of today watch it. Hopefully this is the answer to our patriotism problem.
PPS. I dare dannyboy to make a story of mohammd. Ewan ko lang kung mabuhay pa sha ng matiwasay.
