to arden , to flash the hand signal the west first read as winston churchills v for victory after wwii , or then by the counter-culture of the flower-power children of the 70s , when long-haired , doped out hippies and environmentalists re-wrote the symbols meaning as peace , and then for these newlywed asians to use it in each and every photo opportunity , well , he always had thought the koreans were a strange people , and he deliberately lowered the lens until both faces were out of frame before clicking .