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Iran claims London 2012 Olympics logo spells the word 'Zion'
The Guardian (UK) ^ | February 28, 2011 | Julian Borger

Posted on 02/28/2011 8:23:18 AM PST by Dahoser

Iran has threatened to boycott the London Olympics unless the organisers replace the official logo, which Tehran claims spells out the word "Zion".

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2012olympics; iran; israel; logo; olympics; olympics2012; zion; zoiz
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To: Dahoser

More evidence that the Israelis are relaxing and having a BBQ inside of the Muslims’ heads.


61 posted on 02/28/2011 8:58:53 AM PST by lurk
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To: Pan_Yan
And of course to start it all off, "The Running of the Jew"


62 posted on 02/28/2011 8:59:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Dahoser

So Iran is boycotting the Olympics?
Who would notice?
Wouldn’t every Iranian that can run or jump or do anything athletic have gotten the hell out of that craphole of a country years ago?


63 posted on 02/28/2011 9:00:21 AM PST by VRWCmember (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: Dahoser
I think I do see some subtle subliminal message.


64 posted on 02/28/2011 9:03:10 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Dahoser

That logo is ugly as hell. Has a communist flair to it, if you ask me.


65 posted on 02/28/2011 9:07:57 AM PST by youngidiot (Don't let the name fool ya, toots.)
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To: Dahoser

My daughter had a dream a couple of nights ago about London being subjected to some sort of a gridwork of bombs in various neighborhoods all “wired” together and set to go off at the same time. I’m not saying it’s a prophecy or anything, because a dream like that could easily be no more than a rational projection of current events. But it does make one wonder whether Iran is looking for excuses not to be at the London Olympics for a reason. If this admittedly somewhat tin foil theory is correct, I’d expect them to continue finding other excuses even if the logo does get changed.


66 posted on 02/28/2011 9:08:43 AM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: Dahoser

The logo is Blue and White!

Like what country’s flag?

See! That proves a Zionist conspiracy.....


67 posted on 02/28/2011 9:09:51 AM PST by Uncle Miltie ("And did you exchange a walk on part in a war, for a lead role in a cage?")
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To: Dahoser

Looks to me like a dancing frog with his head cut off, in the mode of Picasso.

68 posted on 02/28/2011 9:09:56 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Dahoser

Anyone with halfway decent eyesight can clearly see that it says “Obama is a commie”!! (I cleaned that up quite a bit!)


69 posted on 02/28/2011 9:13:25 AM PST by Babalu ("Tracer rounds work both ways ...")
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To: dfwgator

It’s like a Rorschach test designed uncover an individuals mental state. Iran looks at it and sees Jews, which is hardly surprising, given their well known hatred of the Jewish people. You, on the other hand, see orgiastic sex acts. At least you revealed you are not an anti-zionist.


70 posted on 02/28/2011 9:15:57 AM PST by Durus (Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: dfwgator

It’s like a Rorschach test designed uncover an individuals mental state. Iran looks at it and sees Jews, which is hardly surprising, given their well known hatred of the Jewish people. You, on the other hand, see orgiastic sex acts. At least you revealed you are not an anti-zionist.


71 posted on 02/28/2011 9:16:13 AM PST by Durus (Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: dead

L o L !


72 posted on 02/28/2011 9:16:20 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Dahoser
Well, I had no problem picking out "Zion" immediately. The Iranians have a point, whether one agrees with their motives or not.

I hope the logo is trashcanned...but not because of Iran. It looks like a twisted designer's apocalyptic dream of the world's continents violently exploding into space. And I think he deliberately meant it to be viewed as such....and the naive Olympic committee chumps went along with it.

The logo is ugly and unsettling....another example of all the chaotic, obscene, ugly, anti-beauty art, music, dance, architecture, sculpture, literature, etc. being foisted on us for many decades now by leftists.

The logo is patently unsuitable for the Olympic games which are supposed to project amity, good will and the universal brotherhood of athletes.

Leni

73 posted on 02/28/2011 9:17:47 AM PST by MinuteGal (OK, BO'R...NAME the "far-rightists" you always morally equate to the far-leftists. Name names, NOW!)
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To: MinuteGal
Seriously, we are talking about the Olympics, that once upon a time gave us this:


74 posted on 02/28/2011 9:21:37 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: MinuteGal

Looking closely...I think it says “mooslims want to kill you and your family”.


75 posted on 02/28/2011 9:21:58 AM PST by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: Dahoser

If you are going to play that game, you could rearrange it into a swastika too.


76 posted on 02/28/2011 9:22:40 AM PST by DManA
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To: Dahoser

And to think that all this time it looked to me like the logo was calling out “Zenga Zenga”...


77 posted on 02/28/2011 9:25:55 AM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Dahoser

The logo is just a very abstract rendering of the year 2012. It’s so poorly done that you can hardly recognize what it is.


78 posted on 02/28/2011 9:27:36 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: MinuteGal

Love your tag line ... BOR is a blow-hard closet lib!


79 posted on 02/28/2011 9:31:33 AM PST by Babalu ("Tracer rounds work both ways ...")
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To: rdax
What are the odds that they replace the logo?

Let's replace it with one that spells out "IRAN SUCKS."

80 posted on 02/28/2011 9:34:36 AM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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