They are threatening to boycott the 2012 London games because the Olympic Logo is a secret Jooooo code. Seriously.
Because the London games logo secretly spells out Zion.
[Haaretz] Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word “Zion” and warning of a possible boycott of the games.
The secretary general of Iran’s National Olympic Committee said Iran sent a letter to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge. The letter claims the 2012 logo spells out “Zion,” a biblical term widely recognized to refer to the city of Jerusalem.
In comments carried by the official IRNA news agency Monday, secretary general Bahram Afsharzadeh said the letter urges other Muslim states to oppose the “racist logo.”
“There is no doubt that negligence of the issue from your side may affect the presence of some countries in the games, especially Iran which abides by commitment to the values and principles,” the letter said.
Them Jews is sneaky. This is obviously part of a longstanding grand plot for Jews to dominate sports worldwide. Oh wait….
March 1, 2011 at 5:40 am
seriously how deluded can they be?!
March 1, 2011 at 10:19 am
Crackpots! Well, if they do not want to come, let them stay at home, the Olympics are hardly going to suffer because paranoid Iranians are venting their usual anti-semitism – in fact we are probably better off without them.
March 1, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Let's say are correct and it does spell "ZION". Why is that racist?
March 1, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Funny, the Iranians all look like terrorists to me, but I'm not boycotting the Olympics just because they might come…
March 1, 2011 at 1:38 pm
I don't know about it spelling Zion, but that is one ugly logo.
March 1, 2011 at 1:45 pm
I remember Sion, Switzerland competing for the Winter Games a while back. Wonder what they would've made of that if they'd won.
March 1, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Agreed with Paul. That is probably one of the ugliest logo concepts for the olympics I have ever seen! the only thing recognizable in it is the olympic rings.
March 1, 2011 at 2:59 pm
They're confused, it's for the new revamped ZOOM show. Come on and zooma zoomz zooma zoom zoom….
March 1, 2011 at 3:06 pm
I went to the original story at Haaratz. It's supposed to mean 2012, the year the event will take place. If I didn't read the combox were this was stated, I never would have guessed. Abstract art sucks!
March 1, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Can they boycott other places too? That would be nice.
March 1, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I would normally agree with scotju on his well formed opinions regarding abstract art, but being a "praying man" of shi-ite persuasion I must protest, boycot and condemn any statement by a guy named scot JU.
March 1, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Watch it goy or I'll put a pulsa denura on you! ROTFL!
March 1, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Who wants Iran in the Olympics, really?
March 2, 2011 at 12:48 am
Well, it can be read as Zion.
But looking at the internet reports from 2007, and the vast hatred spewed on this logo, I think the locals may be trying to boycott and avoid the area for the duration of the Olympics as well, so disgusted were they be this, thing.
And from those comments I learned that it can also be seen as a form of cartoon kiddie porn, and once you see it, it's there as clearly as 'Zion.'
I don't see how leading graphic designers could be ignorant of these interpretations, and only wonder what others can find in this logo.
March 2, 2011 at 12:50 am
Gee, I hope this doesn't mean Olympic stoning will be canceled.
March 2, 2011 at 4:56 am
Ugly logo yes. Zion, only in their twisted minds. BTW when is the last time Iran won anything in the Olympics anyway?
March 2, 2011 at 1:58 pm
It works like a Rorschach ink blot test. And the heart of the Muslims is revealed.
Baruch Hashem.
March 2, 2011 at 4:26 pm
I was talking to my daughters about this, and my older daughter brought up an interesting point. She said that the logo has been out for months and that everyone, including the Iranians, has seen it. However, with the internal struggles in Iran, perhaps the intent was to take the focus off of the many revolutions (in whatever state they find themselves) occurring now and unify the Islamic nations over their hatred of the Jews.
March 3, 2011 at 10:53 am
I read in another article about this that Iran has been boycotting the Olympics for years due to the fact that they refuse to compete against Jewish athletes. Therefore, saying that they will boycott the Olympics because of the logo is a moot point, since they were probably going to boycott again anyway.
March 3, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Iran has been boycotting the Olympics for years due to the fact that they refuse to compete against Jewish athletes.
They've regularly participated in the Olympics save for the mid 80s. Boycotted both USSR and USA, it looks like.