If you want to kill an idea, steer it through a bureaucracy.
If you want to kill an idea, send it to a committee.
If you want to kill an idea, insist on following the rules to the letter.
If you want to kill an idea, give it a name.
If you want to kill an idea, make it the law of the land.
If you want to kill an idea, tell me it’s better than my idea.