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Platapus · 05-18-20, 05:22 AM

I, too, have read that the thumbs down indicated that the sword was to be plunged into the ground, effectively ending the event. The thumbs up was actually a thumbs toward the throat meaning that the sword was to be used to kill the opponent, perhaps by plunging it into the throat

Not sure we can ever find out what the original meanings were, or even if there was a single meaning for these gestures.

05-18-20, 05:22 AM	#9
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,377 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I, too, have read that the thumbs down indicated that the sword was to be plunged into the ground, effectively ending the event. The thumbs up was actually a thumbs toward the throat meaning that the sword was to be used to kill the opponent, perhaps by plunging it into the throat Not sure we can ever find out what the original meanings were, or even if there was a single meaning for these gestures. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.