Nature of history

History is never a linear process but a multi-faceted one at that. You know how it is when you remember an event, what one person said but as time passes you start to have a different perception of the same event as when you were first confronted with it. Ask a person how he sees a particular event as compared to when he is first confronted with it and he will have a different perception of it. Time heals all wounds but time also distorts certain details. The distortion happens due to external influences. Therefore there is a likelihood to use time as a platform of minimizing and marginalizing the severity of certain actions. History is a social construction of many external opinions trying to gain dominance with their different perspectives. History is never objective but always subjective. The accessibility to facts and its consistency play a very important role in determining accuracy. One of the ways to impose an influence can be the use of time. Time provides with it a form of vagueness, a form of ambiguity that mystifies and distorts what has happened. Time interrupts the linearity of a historical process and if used negatively to serve a certain agency may distort the perception of circumstances. In understanding a situation, one has to see it with a form of objectivity and self reflexivity. History can be subjective, but subjectivity need not be contamination. Agency and consistency are considerations to bear in mind when considering the accuracy of a historical account.