Iran threatens to boycott 2012 Olympics in London

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Mon Feb 28 03:53pm EST

Iran threatens London boycott over 'racist' Olympic logo
By Chris Chase

Iran is threatening to boycott of the 2012 London Olympics because it claims the official logo for the games resembles the word "Zion," which is a biblical term for Jerusalem.

Bahram Afsharzadeh, the secretary-general of Iran's National Olympic Committee, says he sent a letter to IOC president Jacques Rogge in which he condemns the logo as "racist" and calls upon other Muslim countries to join in protest.

The logo was unveiled four years ago to mass criticism, almost all of which had to do with the awkward, bulky design and not pro-Zionist conspiracy:



If you're reading vertically rather than horizontally and think an irregular pentagon resembles the letter "I" then you can sort of make out "zion" in the logo. Although if you read counterclockwise from the bottom left it also looks like "Izzo," which may draw copyright complaints from Jay-Z and cries of protest from Ohio State fans.
"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," Afsharzadeh said in the letter to Rogge.

Iran?? Out of the Olympics??? They were IN???? LMAO

They held the record for the Plutonium Shot put and short to mid range guided Javelin....fuckin' dangerous athelete's from Iran, I'm glad they're not coming over.

Nice. lol

Shock sets in as the rest of the world gives a collective, "Who gives a fuck!!"

I laughed so fucking hard when I saw the title because I thought it said "Ian threatens to boycott ... "

Saint John wrote:I laughed so fucking hard when I saw the title because I thought it said "Ian threatens to boycott ... "

Not far off to be honest - I have a total dislike of the Olympics - genetic make ups of different races always makes it an unfair playing Field!