title: How to escape a # in velocity
body: <p>I would like to know how can i escape a # in velocity. Backslash seems to escape it but it prints itself as well</p>
  
  <p>This:    </p>
  
  <pre><code>\#\#
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>prints:   </p>
  
  <pre><code>\#\#
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like:   </p>
  
  <pre><code>## 
  </code></pre>