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Politician seeks votes in Klingon

Joel Anderson ([email protected])

• From: "Joel Anderson" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Politician seeks votes in Klingon
• Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:28:06 -0700

At Yahoo news: http://tinyurl.com/2jhx4e

HELSINKI (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.

Non-warriors can also access the site, www.kasvi.org, in English, Swedish and Finnish. 


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