Suggestion for COLA

Quality control and reliability is important. The same principle applies to opinions and advice and I therefore propose that in order to ensure that only the best opinions are expressed, a specific subset of acceptable views is adopted on COLA. Anyone expressing something that falls outside of the accepted points of view should be routinely pilloried and subjected to a character assassination in order to warn people what happens to those who share unauthorised opinions.

This might mean that newbies are scared away and knowledgeable people deterred from sharing experience that could benefit people thinking of adopting Linux but that is surely a small price to pay for preserving the purity of thought and hegemony that makes COLA what it is to-day. Indeed, so essential is the crusade that it would be better to automatically suspect the newcomer of ill intent and seize upon the earliest opportunity to denounce them once and for all, even if you don't have a single shred of proof.

The opinion is what counts (subject to approval) and if you are unable to counter an opposing view this is a clear indication that you are dealing with a dangerous individual who should be ignored. Failure to do so could result in your ultimate humiliation and this is the only thing worse than expressing unacceptable opinions.

I trust you will heed what I say.