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Finnish politician targets pivotal Klingon vote

Many politicans ally themselves with certain minority groups in order to secure votes, and this practice has now reached its logical conclusion. A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his website into Klingon. Jyrki Kasvi, a keen Trekkie, said: “Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon. 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 colours, including green – the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18. Those without a universal translator can also access the site, www.kasvi.org, in English, Swedish and Finnish.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .