Ancient Babylon kind of began with a good idea, to form a central
location for business, commerce, trading...and gradually went downhill
from there. The *idea* was solid, and that was the goal of the Babylon
project...to form a place, a freeport, of trading, where cultures could
come together. And it sounded exotic. Naturally, no one expects Babylon
5 to go the way of the original Babylon....

After all, we're *so* much smarter now.

jms

Before it fell into depravity, Babylon was a center of commerce, and
culture, and trade, and diplomacy.

jms