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."

Is there really much difference between Finnish and Klingon? It's possibly just a different dialect....

"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.

That's because Klingons don't generally care for anything remotely close to "tolerance". And they don't much like colour, either...especially green or any kind of bright, happy colours. Every true Trekker should know this.  Yeesh.

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

Well, I know my mind is made up. This guy is definitely opening up his campaign to a truly large tent of potential voters. I just don't understand why he is ignoring the all-powerful Romulan vote. That could be big.

Live long and prosper!