Iran threatens to boycott Olympics over logo

[Magic Hat]

Iran threatens boycott of 2012 London Games, claims logo is racist - ESPN

TEHRAN, Iran -- 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.

What do you think? Are they serious, or just trying to get some pub? I don't really know what their goal is. Seems like they are just trying to get people to talk about them.

Here's the (horribly designed) logo:

 

[jorarulit]

lol? some absurd shit right there

 

[justo_tx]

Iran boycotting the Olympics is like Pauly Shore boycotting Hollywood. Nobody would notice.

 

[-joe-]

To me it just looks like Lisa Simpson sucking someone off.

 

[cougarclaws]

why do Olympics and World Cup logos always suck such copious quantities of ass? They need to throw the fuckin job on Logo Tournament and they might come up with something that isn't an international embarrassment for once.

 

[jorarulit]

on the flipside, if they boycott the olympics does it mean there will be less threat of bombs going off in places of competition?

 

[cougarclaws]

To me it just looks like Lisa Simpson sucking someone off.

lollerskate. i see it

 

[(O_o)]

Iran boycotting the Olympics is like Pauly Shore boycotting Hollywood. Nobody would notice.

this

 

[CLKeenan]

To me it just looks like Lisa Simpson sucking someone off.

Beat me to it.

 

[NPressPlatinum]

Don't get me wrong, but whenever I see tourists from England out here they are alway wearing bright green and pink shirts. So maybe the logo fits?

There's got to be some fashionable people in the UK!

 

[efeezy]

Fuckin Iran. Why would the world give 2 shits if they don't show up at the Olympics. That country is the biggest waste or space on the planet. I'd personally be overjoyed if that nation, along with a few others in that region, would cease to exist.

 

[vortex]

there is nothing that I would care less about then IRAN not attending to the olympics...

 

[jz1297]

To me it just looks like Lisa Simpson sucking someone off.

^^ lol, awesome.

 

[music4mic]

I guess i could kind of see what they are saying, but still think it's ridiculous. It looks more like lisa simpson than zion imo.

 

[Andrew Scherer]

I see the Zion reference but I also see the BJ reference

Its hard to say where they were going with this 80's-esque atrocity

 

[Lucidity]

Oh noes, Iran's 2 sword swallowers won't get to compete this year. Better call the whole thing off.

These logos are always terrible because it's design by committee to the extreme.

 

[dmnEPC]

If this happens the camel race will be wide open

 

[efeezy]

Why do they even let these terrorist countries compete anyway. I've got 3 words for you. Axis of Evil!

 

[DewChugr]

Can't figure out why anyone would care if they show or not.

 

[Dark Cognitive]

"And what did you do this year at the Olympics?"

-"IRAN"

Sorry, but the shitness of my own joke reflects the amount of care i have about them boycotting the olympics.