Should party names be removed from election ballots?

[Wilber]

I'm saying they should be there because that is a key part of the political process.

Certainly if you are a political party.

Tell me, how can you possibly say that about my opinion when you're the one who wrote "too much knowledge might be dangerous." You're the one advocating ignorance as a good thing. You've now reduced yourself to the level of a schoolyard taunt. You truly believe that a voter with less knowledge is somehow a better voter. I mean, that's the only explanation I can derive from your belief that "too much knowledge might be dangerous."

You have confirmed one thing once again for me, too many idealists are really just wannabe-autocrats in disguise. "Too much knowledge might be dangerous" indeed...

You don't seem to read too good. I never said that is my opinion. Political parties don't need names on a ballot. In fact they could be just as much a liability as an asset. Too much knowledge might be dangerous for them, not the voter. I give people more credit than that. If party affiliation is important to them when they vote, they are quite capable of finding out for themselves and maybe they might learn some interesting things about individual candidates along the way.

I'm not an idealist, I just don't have a superiority complex and I'm not resorting to taking things out of context to make an argument.

Edited May 10, 2010 by Wilber