It’s hard to believe but there is actually something in the news today even more stupid than Charlie Sheen if that’s even possible. Iran has objected to the logo for the 2012 Olympics to be held in London claiming it spells Zion, a biblical term widely recognized to refer to the city of Jerusalem as well as a popular lyric in the well known song by the German disco band, Boney M .
Even with the aura of a migraine with jagged flashes of light in my view I cannot for the life of me detect the word Zion. I would love to see how Iranians perform on a Rorschach Test. Bat? No Zion!
Two humans?
Two Zions!
Rug? Zion!
Somebody’s chewed a few too many magic mushrooms and is starting to get a little paranoid. Not to mention the logo has been around since 2007 and Iran is now just getting around to complaining about it? I do believe the statute of limitations has expired on this one.
The Secretary General of Iran’s National Olympic Committee, Bahram Afsharzadeh, forwarded a letter to the President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, with this complaint and urged all Muslim countries to oppose the “racist” logo. The letter goes on to say "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.” Oh yuh, this from a country whose President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has called for Israel’s destruction and questions the Holocaust by saying "They (the Western powers) launched the myth of the Holocaust. They lied, they put on a show and then they support the Jews." And just in case you missed this one, one of his most outlandish remarks which I include here just to prove my point, "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country ... In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have this." (Addressing Columbia University, 2007)
Yes, for today at least, Iran has Charlie Sheen beat on stupid.
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