Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Iranian conflict with Olympic symbol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12604512

Iran is calling the olympic symbol, created for the 2012 olympic games in London, racist due to the spelling of the logo looking like the word "Zion". While this is not a major article in the world of international relations, it will be interesting to see how this will play out. While Iran is not a big nation of interest for the olympics, it is still a global friendly event which everyone should be invited to participate in. If the OC does change the logo will it be setting a precedent for complaints in the future? Should the logo be changed or is this asking too much?


-John Sorensen