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Do you only read nautical novels and your own personal manifestos? Also, what is a manifesto?

Posted - November 7, 2020

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  • 4631
    Oxford - a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.

    Webster - a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer.

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    Apart from expressing my views on social sites, I've never written a manifesto. Don't see the need.

    The only nautical novel I've read is Conrad's Lord Jim.
      November 7, 2020 8:20 PM MST
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  • 7407
    Thank you. 
      November 8, 2020 7:32 AM MST
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  • 343
    Strangely enough, when my eye fell on 'nautical novels', my mind also went directly to Joseph Conrad (as a seaman-novelist). Just thought I should mention that.
      November 11, 2020 10:21 AM MST
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  • 52905
    No.
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      November 8, 2020 1:42 AM MST
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  • 7407
    Okay. 
      November 8, 2020 7:32 AM MST
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  • 5835
    When I was a kid in school and they were teaching US history I thought "Ostend Manifesto" was Latin for "manifest destiny". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend_Manifesto 
      November 10, 2020 10:43 AM MST
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  • 1845
    Umm..James Michener and the anti-technology manifesto. In my own words, a manifesto is a pointedly over emotional plea book to create unmitigated radical change. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at January 16, 2021 7:28 AM MST
      January 16, 2021 7:25 AM MST
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