Weekend Engagement 110: The power of erasing memories

While looking around the communities, I found the Weekend Experiences. It was a new community that found since I entered Hive a week ago. Reading some articles there was fun and I learned some things about writing. Usually, I just roamed around, upvoting and leaving some comments. But this time, I reblogged. I don’t know the importance of reblogging before this time.

I saw their newest writing prompt titled [WE110] Weekend-Engagement concept. It was initiated by sir @galenkp, the admin and founder of the said community. There are five situations you can choose from the questions he made, and out of five questions. This is what I picked, “What if you could erase memories?”

---

“If you had the power to erase the memory of three people, either alive now or from history, who would you choose and why? What impact do you feel it would have?” These are the subquestions and the very based of the story.

---

You will reach a certain point in your life that you would be pleased to destroy and wipe out your very own memories. The memories that full of hardships and mistreatments. This may present something bigger in your future, but in any case, we admit it or not, it helps us substantially. Who would wish for others to wipe out their memories for their gain? Well, many people would do that and grab the opportunity to do so.

Our world is powered by inventions, developments, and innovations. Without these three things, human civilization would not reach the point where we are now. Most likely, we are nomads, wandering somewhere in the earthly realm. In addition, the world’s science is heightened and more well-developed than in previous centuries. Inventions in different fields like medicine, architecture, the machine, weapons, and technologies are of service to humankind.

Why I will erase the memories of these three people?
Thre are great inventions discovered and made by famous scientists. The top three names I would like to erase their memories are Alfred Nobel, Wei Boyang, and Ferdinand Magellan. Perhaps, some of you knew these people, especially all my fellow Filipino writers out there. Who’s Filipino wouldn’t know the name Ferdinand Magellan, right? It is way impossible to not recognize his name because this man changes and flips the Philippines upside down.

I respected the names I mentioned a lot because they made a great contribution to our world. Alfred Nobel is such a powerful man who made the Nobel Prize. His contributions are unparalleled, but his invention of dynamite became a worldwide problem today. The use of dynamite created a powerful impact use for excavating and mining that severely affected our environment. Dynamite fishing can destroy its nearby coral reefs and sea life.

Wei Boyang was such a great writer and inventor from China. He discovered the gunpowder accidentally by creating an elixir of immortality. Since the discovery of gunpowder, they use it as power in their weaponry. In current times, the number of victims of guns rises each year causing thousands of lives put to death. In 2019, Brazil, the United States, and Venezuela are the leading countries that have the highest report related to gun deaths. It was reported about 49,436, 37,038, and 28,515 respectively.

Ferdinand Magellan was very popular in the Philippines. Just hearing his name made my heart excited and sad at the same time. He discovered the Philippines date back in 1521. Others don’t know this but Spaniards colonized the Philippines for 333 years between 1565 to 1898. Our Filipino ancestor’s cultures, beliefs, and traditions changed a lot. The colonialization brought historical damages, and until now Spanish culture still lives in our hearts.

The impacts of erasing some part of their memories
My heart is aligned with the support of our agriculture and fishery. The beauty of our environment becoming uglier due to various illegal activities performed by unwanted and unpermitted companies scattered all over the world. One thing I cannot bear to see is the sight of our home, our environment becoming destroyed every day. Such a pity that some inventions would create and recreate such impacts.

Only a few people are severely affected by dynamite mining and dynamite fishing. But we’re not talking about the people, but about our environment. The more people would see the effects of such things, the more they can recognize the real problems. I would love to see mother earth breathing fine without the damage humans inflicted.

I believe that if the use of gunpowder and its existence would cease in the world. I can see the crime rates in the world would drop significantly. Can you imagine a policeman without a gun? A soldier without a weapon in war? Even a civilian owning none of the guns? What a safe place for everyone, isn’t it? A big, wide world without the fear of getting caught in a gun fight.

If only Magellan didn’t happen to discover the Philippines, I think most of the Filipinos would not have done great damage in their history. A long, long history of colonialization triggers a revolution toward Philippine independence. Such historical events for Philippine history. Contemporary life would be meaningful and cultures are way different now.

Image sources:
Photo 1: Unsplash by Duy Tran Dinh
Photo 2: Pexels by Matthis
Photo 3: Pexels by Gökhan Tahincioğlu

Denn Marc Cenizal

_{Hi, welcome to Denn's humble world! He is a bona fide student of Cavite State University taking up a BS in Computer Science. He is a father of 10, 10 rabbits. He is an introvert and extrovert person, meaning is the ambivert? He loves gardening and collecting plants. His hobbies are raising rabbits, watching series, and writing haikus. He’s here to fulfill his dream to read his writings.}

_{If you want to support his content, just hit your upvote button, and leave a meaningful comment. Stay tune on his daily blogs!}