Zion, Lisa Simpson, and 3 other things the London Olympics logo resembles

Iran says the 2012 Olympics logo is "racist" — but they're not the only ones seeing something strange in the Games' symbol

The 2012 London Summer Olympics logo has interpreted in a variety of ways, including a likeness to Lisa Simpson and a similarity to Nazi symbolism.
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The jazzy logo for the 2012 London Summer Olympics has become something of a Rorschach test for conspiracists. (See it for yourself below.) This week, Iran threatened to boycott next year's Games over the "racist" implications of the logo. But others have come up with even odder interpretations. Here, a short list of hidden meanings in the 2012 logo:

1. The pro-Zionist interpretation

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