At the end of the article, it mentions that signs and symbols can be either considered or interpreted as meaning something good or bad depending on how they used over time and who is interpreting them or using them. The peace symbol uses a basic fork-like symbol or "gesture of despair" motif that is associated throughout ancient history with the "death of man", and the circle with the "unborn child". The fork-like symbol was given the name the "gesture of despair" because, Peter, one of Jesus' twelve apostles, was crucified by Emperor Nero on an upside-down cross in A.D. 67 in Rome. During the 1930's, the peace symbol was first created by the English philosopher and socialist Bertrand Russell as an attempt "to depict the universal convergence of peoples in an upward movement of cooperation." Many people that wear the symbol today as a part of fashion, probably have no idea of its meaning in the world's past history.
I found some interesting peace signs that I thought were very creative.
Green Peace
B-52 Peace Sign
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