Peace sign is illigal?

Question

okay so in school they were taking pictures for the yearbook and some kid put up a peace sign and a girl said put it down duces (peace sign) is illigal! and so yeah why is it illigal?

Answer 1

Any symbol can be perceived as controversial (or illegal) as it represents something to someone or some group. While I have never heard of a peace sign being controversial, I'd steer clear from anything that can be considered a symbolic of something

Answer 2

Depends how you are holding your hands and your demeaner.  If it looks like a gang sign and you are trying to look tough, then it could be taken as threatening.  If you are holding two fingers straight up like bunny ears and you are grinning ear to ear and looking goofy, then no-one would interpret this as gang-related.

Answer 3

The peace sign isn't illegal.  However, it could be used as a gang sign, and you're not allowed to show gang signs in schools, especially in pictures.

Answer 4

*illegal*

And it's not illegal.

Answer 5

she ^^ is right. Schools consider it a gang sign so they will not let u put it up. You wont get arrested, but you will get edited out of the picture.

Answer 6

What country are you in?

Generally, it is not illegal to "put up" a peace sign the in the US.  But it depends on where you are putting it.

Answer 7

No, its not illegal.  

Answer 8

It isn't.  Including any sort of political symbol in yearbook pictures might be contrary to school policy of having only faces, but that doesn't make it illegal.

Answer 9

USA? Not Illegal. Free speech.

Answer 10

In Europe, if your palm is facing towards you, it is the equivalent of giving someone the finger in the US.

It could also be considered a gang sign.

It may be against your school rules for one of those reasons, but it is not illegal.

Answer 11

It's not illegal.