[pp.int.general] purpose of manifesto

[Carlos Ayala Vargas]

Reinier Bakels wrote:
>> Beyond all that useless circus, if you think that, why then you talk 
>> about author's rights being /natural/ rights?
> Sigh ... Because it needs a label
> In a political context, "natural" rights relate to the fact that 
> politicians basically don't need a reason, they only need a majority! 
> If the argument "In my opinion, it is 'X'" is not concincing, they 
> say: "It can't be true that it is not 'X'". Isn't that convincing?? 
> Note that the word 'I' is eliminated from that sentence, suggesting 
> that it is an objective truth ... It is the difference between 
> rhetoric and arguments ...
Agree with you in that the usage of /natural/ (and/or the related 
political rhetoric) in that context is pure rhetoric of traditional 
politicians to trick the citizens.

A beautiful reason to not using it.