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It is, of course, illogical to have two opposite meanings for the same symbol. However, language does not necessary evolve in a logical way. Human culture is largely unplanned, it just happens. So if different people decide to use the same symbol in different, or even opposite ways, then the symbol will acquire those different or opposite meanings.

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