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Iran: 'Racist' 2012 Olympics logo spells out 'Zion'
Haaretz ^
| 2/28/11
| Associated Press
Posted on 02/28/2011 2:43:33 PM PST by Former Fetus
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."
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2insane4words; iran; london; olympics
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To: Former Fetus
Plain as the nose on your face.
Clever how they do that.
It’s amazing what a muslim has to put up with today.
/S
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:07:00 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: blueplum
More likely that it will suffer an attack of some kind. It’s happened before.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:07:52 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: dead
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:10:54 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: Former Fetus
If Iran boycotts the games, then the gold in Beheading will be a tossup between Pakistan and Yemen. Butchery should go to the Iraqis, although the Afghans are coming on strong in the prelims, and Indonesia has the Suicide Bombing team event locked up.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:11:06 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: FightforFreedomCA
Ditto !
Were they all drunk when they chose this?
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:12:10 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Former Fetus
I see: ‘rats’ - remember that commercial?
Oh well, to each zealot his own zealotry...
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:14:03 PM PST
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.)
To: Former Fetus
Putin Inc. was soo disgusted with the weird teletubby mascots originally selected, they put it to a vote (yes Russian style were people waste the time to vote, and Putin Inc. selects the winner). Here is the final mascots for the Russian winter olympics and they actually aren't too bad. The bear, snow leapord, and rabbit are their olympics mascots. The fire boy and snowflake girl are the special olympics mascots.
compare these to the absolutely bizarre London Olympics mascots which has the world saying, "WTF???"
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:15:17 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
To: Former Fetus
Wow, the Olympics just wouldn’t be the same without Iran. /s
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:15:32 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: Former Fetus
The London Olympic Committee paid someone good money to design THAT??? I’d ask for a refund.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:16:28 PM PST
by
bigredkitty1
(March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
To: Former Fetus
It’s pretty bad as far as logo’s go, but Zion? Not seeing it.
And Iran, STFU, we’ve had enough of your silly crap.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:17:32 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
To: FightforFreedomCA
It sure is ugly. They couldn’t find a better font to use to say
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:17:32 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: dead
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:18:35 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: AnAmericanMother
I never got the thing about the camel cig package. What was the deal with it?
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:20:19 PM PST
by
healy61
To: IronJack
You left out the Chechnyan's, they are real sleepers in most events.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:22:56 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: SaxxonWoods
All the best minds in England were put to work on this logo...unfortunately none of them were employed.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:25:00 PM PST
by
Soothesayer
(smallpox is not a person)
To: healy61
Oh, people claim to see things in the shading on the camel.
On the camel's front leg there's either the little Belgian boy (the "Manikin-Pis") or a nude guy, depending on who you ask. Some guy wrote a book about subliminal advertising and made a big deal out of it.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:25:17 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Former Fetus
That thing looks like an artist’s rendition of Obama dancing.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:25:29 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
( Mm, your tears are so yummy and sweet!Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness! Mm-yummy! --E. Cartman)
To: Proud_USA_Republican
What’s with the cyclops? What’s the plural of cyclops? Cyclops’, cyclopses, cyclopsi?
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:25:35 PM PST
by
Netizen
To: Former Fetus
It actually spells ZOIN or perhaps Zoiz, but whatever it spells its stupid looking and kinda gay.
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posted on
02/28/2011 3:31:10 PM PST
by
normy
(Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
To: Netizen
Cyclopes (according to the on-line Webster’s dictionary). Who would have guessed?
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