Voynich Manuscript as a charlatan's prop

[BessAgritianin]

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However, "meaningless text" / "hoax" theories that start from the ground up with coherent logic and reasoning are not the same as that. To say "it has meaning, because x and y" is just as genuine as "it has no meaning, because x and y".

Nor is it giving up. If research on this hypothesis leads to new, previously unknown information, that could have benefits for all sides. For example, discovering similar hoaxes, or discovering aspects of hoaxes that the VMS shares, discovering new historical figures who could be relevant, or discovering historical precedent to which the VMS can be compared. That research could well lead to the conclusion that the VMS is not a hoax, too.

I have been following sevral hoax theories here over time. And what strikes me they never seem to resolve anything. Those that came in believing it is a hoax remained convinced of that and those that believe it is "genuine" remained convinced too.
The lack of a clear translation is a proof of deception for the hoax proponents; the linguistic patterns ,botanical matches, astrological tables, pharmacy  are evidence for the other party. It is very wrong to equal "meaningless" with "hoax", too.
It could be meaningless for us , but quite meaningful to the person (or the group) who created  and used it - being a cyphered text or umknown dialect and this is not a hoax. 
A hoax contains intended deception for somebody or some group of people mostly for profit (if not for joke).