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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9491016, member: 2844"]Not really a salute, but a sign of defiance.</p><p>According to some British historians, the V-sign was first used by the English archers at the Battle of Agincourt (1415), to show the French that they still had their fingers and could still use their longbows, an important weapon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the Highbinders didn't know about Agincourt, nor did they use English longbows in the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown, but that wasn't what you meant.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9491016, member: 2844"]Not really a salute, but a sign of defiance. According to some British historians, the V-sign was first used by the English archers at the Battle of Agincourt (1415), to show the French that they still had their fingers and could still use their longbows, an important weapon. Of course the Highbinders didn't know about Agincourt, nor did they use English longbows in the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown, but that wasn't what you meant.:playful:[/QUOTE]
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