Politician seeks Klingon votes

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IRiSHMaFIA
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Politician seeks Klingon votes

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HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) -- A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series "Star Trek."

"Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if politicians can laugh at themselves."

He said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colors, including green -- the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18.

You can access the site here in English, Swedish and Klingon.

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Don't know how the election turned out but I thought this was funny. Imagine if he won and did his victory speech in klingon? :lol:
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Sounds like a complete muppet to me - but then again he is a politician :D
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arrrk nyrak goldar!
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