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Old 12-23-2009, 11:30 PM   #4
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Used to be thought to be how the ancient Romans saluted, so the Fascists adopted it.

It was done by Fascists, and only by Fascists, so it did look quite different from, say, the way the Brits or Americans saluted.
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