You can't possibly be serious - Iran Threatens Boycott of 2012 Games due to Racist Logo

ESPN - 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.

We've all heard some batshit crazy stuff coming out of Iran under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but for me this one takes the cake.  It's complete lunacy on so many levels. 

Firstly - How can you possibly look at that Logo and see "ZION"?  When I look at this admittedly stupid looking logo, the first thing I see is 2012.  If I'm going to experiment a bit, I see "ZOI'C" if im going left to right and "ZOC'I" if im going clock-wise.  If this is some Jewish conspiracy like Iran says, and you read it read it Hebrew style from right to left you would get "OZC'I".  I guess you could vaguely make out "ZION" from these letters, but what kind of whack-job reads stacked logo letters like a god damn tic-tac-toe board.  In what language do you read down-diagonal up right-down?

Secondly - Is there anyone in the government of Iran that at least recognizes the hypocrisy of calling this racist?  They are claiming it's racist because the letters represent the desire for Jews to have a home?  Assuming I'm reading this correctly, their claim is that Jews are being racist for wanting a home, and they are not racist because they hate Jews and want Israel destroyed?  It just seems kind of, I don't know, fishy.

Thirdly - How would a logo saying "Zion" even be racist at all?  It's not lampooning a religion or race, it's not portraying stereotypes.  It's just a word.  If the logo spelled "IRAN" would that be racist to Israelis? If the New York City games logo looked like it spelled "Black", would Al Sharpton be flipping out?  I think not.

Listen, Iran, stick to what you do best, denying the holocaust, helping spread worldwide Jewish conspiracy theories to weak-minded youths, and hiding Women's breasts.  Leave the fine print analysis to the Jewish Lawyers.