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Posted: Mar 11 2007 12:03 pm

Finnish MP seeks votes in Klingon
Fri Mar 9, 9:51 AM ET

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.

From Reuters: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_finland_klingon

Posted: Mar 11 2007 12:04 pm

"Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance"

Awesome. Very Happy

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I still say Conan O'Brien should be the honorary PM of Finland. Kahless isn't available anyway.

Posted: Mar 11 2007 01:55 pm

And Worf killed Gowron, the very man that he & Picard helped install as leader of the Klingons.

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And that's why Worf should be emperor, not Martok. Then again, I disapproved of every storyline decision made in DS9. I give them credit for making story arcs though.

Posted: Mar 11 2007 02:00 pm

A lot of that stuff was done in a desperate attempt to boost ratings and deflect criticism that nothing ever happened on the show. The trials and tribulations of running a spacestation and occasionally arguing with Cardassians wasn't holding people's interest, so they brought Worf in.

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Yeah, I know, and it didn't work. Even having a war didn't help.

Posted: Mar 12 2007 08:39 am

Hey, DS9 isn't bad. At least it's not Enterprise.

Posted: Mar 12 2007 08:50 am

Finland... RENNY HARLIN!

Posted: Mar 12 2007 08:57 am

I did like Dax. Jadzia Dax that is, not that guy from Punk'd. Sadly, she was a fatality of the Dominion War, both in that her character actually died and in that her marriage to Worf was dumb. She should have married Bashir.

Or they should have kept the lesbian angle, that was awesome.

Posted: Mar 12 2007 09:06 am

Captain Pickard from Star Wars: The Next Generation is the coolest.

Posted: Mar 12 2007 07:07 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

I did like Dax. Jadzia Dax that is, not that guy from Punk'd. Sadly, she was a fatality of the Dominion War, both in that her character actually died and in that her marriage to Worf was dumb. She should have married Bashir.

Or they should have kept the lesbian angle, that was awesome.

Yeah.. Her death was done pretty poorly. You can't kill her that easily. I mean come on, she took on Pinhead and won!

"Fuck Rubick's Cube, I got something better!"

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Char Aznable wrote:

Hey, DS9 isn't bad. At least it's not Enterprise.

You can say that about anything though: "Have you ever seen that terrible movie BAPS, starring Halle Berry?" "Yes, but at least it's not Enterpise."

Posted: Mar 12 2007 08:22 pm

Apparently, you just should make SCI-FI prequels.

Because if you think about it, Enterprise is basically Star Trek: Episode I.

See a pattern?

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They both suck?

I'm right? Yay.

Posted: Mar 12 2007 08:27 pm

Captain...are those? Klingons?

Posted: Mar 12 2007 08:41 pm

Enterprise is NOT worse than BAPS. It's also not worse than Swordfish.

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Hyperbole, my dear overlord. Nevertheless, the only redeeming thing about Enterprise was their portrayal of the Andorians.

But they really should have killed off Archer after the second season. I've never seen such an accomplished actor perform so badly. But that's only the beginning of the show's problems....Bad writing, recycled scripts, poor portayal of the Vulcans, continuity errors...And I thought Voyager was derivative...Damn, the last good Trek was First Contact....And they never should have had two series on at the same time, oversaturation...And...And...And....[/rant]

But yay, TOS is being reimagined, possibly with Sinise, Brody, & Damon! There is hope again!

Posted: Mar 12 2007 10:10 pm

The thing that pisses me off the most about Enterprise was the whole Suliban/Cabal storyline. It was thinly veiled amateur political commentary at its worst.

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there's nothing that I can say in this topic that hasn't already been said.

Posted: Mar 12 2007 11:02 pm

JEW wrote:

there's nothing that I can say in this topic that hasn't already been said.

Um.... Nobody's made any "(I'm a fucking jackass.)" references yet.

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are you sure?

Posted: Mar 14 2007 08:40 am

Fuck all of you, I'm going to play hockey!

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Char Aznable wrote:

Hey, DS9 isn't bad. At least it's not Enterprise.

DS9 is my personal favorite of the Star Trek shows. Voyager follows in second.

As for politics, this has got to be one of the most interesting publicity stunts I've seen. Hmm, translating the site into Klingon... interesting...

Oh, and one random note, Picard is incredibly easy to make fun of.

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DS9 was boring.

it's all about TGN.

Harry Truman!