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Some time ago I asked the origin of this sign used, universalized and appropriated by political leaders pacifists and pop stars (ie Michael Jackson ) interchangeably. Account
memory popular during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) the longbows of Welsh and English archers made the difference in the battlefields. This was so the fighters who were captured by the French is the mutilation of the index and middle fingers (or half) so they could not, once released, return to draw a bow. In return for this and as a sign of revenge, the British showed him two fingers up to the French who captured as if to say: "Here I have yet my two fingers, continue to kill French-
As a curiosity I leave this gallery Hexer user, it seems that collects ... signs "V" :-)
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