Iran objects to "pro-Israel" 2012 London Olympics logo
By James Brady RyanMarch 1st, 2011, 9:45 amComments (15)
While most people dislike the logo for the London Olympics — which simply writes out "2012" in jagged day-glo numbers — we can count on Iran to come up with an all-new, crazy reason to dislike it. The country recently sent a letter to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge objecting to the logo because, they say, it's obviously spelling out the word "Zion," and that's just a bit too pro-Israel for their tastes.
And what is Iran going to do about it? From the letter:
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.
So... are you going to boycott, or what? Because, let's be serious, they're not changing that logo. (The Olympics committee denies any secret meaning, obviously.) And besides that, if it were spelling out anything, it's clearly "Zioz." Or perhaps "Zior." But it's definitely not, because we all know that it's really an abstract rendering of Lisa Simpson giving her brother head:
Commentarium (15 Comments)
1. If Iran doesn't want to come to the Olympics due to some imagined slight, I figure that's entirely their problem.
2. The logo's supposed to be 2012? I always thought it was just 'modern art', which is ofcourse code for 'squiggly crap'.
If Iran didn't like the logo, why didn't they say something when it was unveiled back in 2007? Why wait until now?
LOL
Isn't Arabic read right to left? Wouldn't it be Ozzi? The only people to protest ought to be bat lovers.
I still can't not see the image of Lisa Simpson going down on Bart, no way I'm gonna be able to see "Zion" after that.
Lisa giving...ewww!
Seriously what the fuck is anyone in iran good at other than creating wars, they shouldnt even be allowed to participate in the olympics. If they didnt like the logo too fucking bad, fuck islam!
Fuck Islam? How about "fuck you"? How does one small group of people reflect upon more than a billion people? Nuke Iran? How does one small group of people represent 75 million people? Don't be a jackass, bigot.
Fun to see the world of adults full of idiots behaving even stupider than what most naive lil children can do or come up with. Seriously that is a very serious sexist incest logo haha... Pretty epic =)
This one's a stretch, but in 90 years the 2102 Olympics are definitely going to get a boycott.
I see Lisa and Bart... lol
Lisa and Bart, oh for f**k sake... What have been seen, cannot unseen... :D
Why does the London 2012 logo looks like Lisa Simpson giving Bart a blow job?
I have one question..
Why is the second "2" not like the first "2" ? Why is there a point between the one and the two ?
Ok Iran is crazy, or at least the leader's are. First of all Israel doesn't even compete in the Olympics because of what happened in Munich in 1974, second Iran is just a Israel \ Jew hating country and would find any way to complain and go against Israel. Any way even if it says Zion. GOOD. Well because of what happened in Munich! (for all who don't know, a bunch of Arab Terrorists came and kept the Israel Olympic team Hostage and when then the Terrorists killed ALL of them) so Yah, Iran is crazy and none of us should care for what it says. Im not saying though that we should be mean to the entire religion of Islam though.
Now you say something