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There was never any danger of our behaving that way, of course. I mean, given the traditional delights available in English cuisine, we were never going to cast aspersions on others. Not even on the Finns. Dried reindeer meat? Bring it on. It can’t be worse than smoky bacon crisps.
More recently, the Iranians have got upset about the logo itself. They reckon the it spells the word ‘Zion’. Funnily enough, the US television presenter, Glenn Beck, who has left no doubt concerning the moderation and liberalism of his views, agreed with them.
The Iranians feel that the logo demonstrates that the international Jewish conspiracy has been exerting its malign influence. Again.
Now this is obviously rubbish, and on at least three counts.
- I don’t believe there’s any such a thing as an international Jewish conspiracy. Or if there is, let me just point out to the people behind it, that my mother is Jewish which automatically qualifies me for membership. So I deeply resent the fact that no-one has ever tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘hey, want to join this conspiracy?’ World domination – I’d be into that like a shot. I could become a banker and get paid a hell of a sight more for doing a lot less work.
- If there were such a conspiracy, no-one with the brains to organise it would ever waste their time getting the word ‘Zion’ into the London Olympic logo. What? You think they might feel that words like ‘Zion’ and ‘Zionism’ aren’t getting enough exposure in the world press already? That Jews don’t get enough publicity?
- The word is obviously not ‘Zion’ anyway. If it’s anything, it’s ‘Zior’. My guess is that ‘Zior’ is a word in some long-lost language meaning ‘bloody ugly logo’
2 comments:
Besides, it's quite obviously Lisa Simpson pleasuring a headless man. How can the Iranians not take pleasure in this obvious attack on American cultural colonisation.
Brilliant analysis. However, I'm not sure it's Lisa. You see London won the right to stage the Olympics in 2005, so the logo could represent the UK-US 'special relationship' of that time. The headless man would, of course, be Dubya and Blair, just as obviously, the service provider.
Perfectly apposite.
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