Public reaction to the logo in June 2007 was largely negative, with more than 80% of votes gave the logo the lowest possible rating. Several newspapers have run their own logo competitions, displaying alternative submissions from their readers, while several writers from news agencies criticizing the logo. A segment of animated footage released at the same time as the logo was reported to trigger seizures in a small number of people with photosensitive epilepsy, and in response, a short segment was removed from the London 2012 website. In February 2011, Iran complained that the logo appeared to spell out the word "Zion" and threatened to boycott the Olympics, but eventually did not boycott. Alan Cowell from "The New York Times" said that people had compared the logo to "a broken swastika or a comical sex act between the Simpsons".