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Which modern city, in your mind, best fits the symbolic reference?

New York - bagels, hot dogs, United Nations, 9/11
- 2 (15.4%)
Tokyo - most people, GDP, cosplay
- 0 (0%)
Hong Kong - banks, skyscrapers, kung fu, the handover
- 1 (7.7%)
London - banks, the queen, Pet Shop Boys, Harry Potter
- 0 (0%)
LA - Hollywood, need I say more?
- 1 (7.7%)
Paris - the French, need I say more?
- 0 (0%)
Chicago - the tower, zip code 60606
- 1 (7.7%)
Mexico City - one valley, 20,000,000+ Mexicans
- 0 (0%)
Moscow - where the antichrist (myself) was born
- 0 (0%)
Bagdad - the original (historical)
- 3 (23.1%)
Rome - the original (symbolic)
- 2 (15.4%)
Beijing - the commielympic capital of the world
- 0 (0%)
Shanghai - will overtake Tokyo in size someday
- 0 (0%)
Someplace in India - the smell
- 0 (0%)
Manchester - because nothing cool can exist outside NH
- 0 (0%)
Dubai - the tower, oil wealth, zero taxes
- 0 (0%)
Singapore - free trade, death penalty, highest GDP/capita by 2020
- 0 (0%)
Taipei - the tower, China could start WW3 to get it back
- 0 (0%)
Washington, DC - U.S. guvmint
- 3 (23.1%)
Tehran - Very Cheap Carpets
- 0 (0%)
Seoul - Good Korea, Doggy BBQ
- 0 (0%)
Pyongyang - Bad Korea, Mass Starvation & Dance for Dear Leader
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 7


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Alex Libman

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Which "Babylon" ?
« on: July 24, 2008, 11:26:26 AM »
Paula's Babylon is in New York.  Where's yours?  :roll:
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Taors

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2008, 01:58:24 PM »
If you only knew.

And it's not Babylon, it's Babalon.



A woman, my friend, not a city. Conquer her first, then you can conquer the city.
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Alex Libman

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2008, 05:30:16 PM »
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Um, intention mismatch - I'm just making fun of Paula, I don't actually believe it - Book of Revelations nor your Crowley crap.

And I just like typing Babylon.  Reminds me of my B5 fan days.  Babylon.  Babylon, Babylon, Babylon.  Babylon?  Babylon!

And I'm working on a marketing plan to sell to the Hong Kong tourism bureau...  :lol:
« Last Edit: July 24, 2008, 05:32:40 PM by Alex Libman »
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OUND

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2008, 06:08:12 AM »
Better be D.C. This town is boring as hell.
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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2008, 09:24:17 PM »
It represents the state in general, I believe.
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Blackie

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2008, 09:32:27 PM »
Anywhere that has paved roads.
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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2008, 12:00:00 PM »
Quote from: MacFall on July 26, 2008, 09:24:17 PM
It represents the state in general, I believe.

I'm going to agree with this. Back in the O.T. days, when the prophets were foretelling eventual fall of Babylon, that's because it was the seat of the corrupt empire. That batch of scripture could be used to describe every over-reaching, abusive state since. Oppressive regimes fall. Sometimes they fall from an uprising of the people, sometimes from within; but they eventually fail.
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Blackie

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2008, 12:06:29 PM »
Quote from: joy on July 27, 2008, 12:00:00 PM
corrupt empire
Which ones aren't corrupt?

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Oppressive regimes fall.
Don't they all fall?
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Tarvok

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2008, 02:54:24 AM »
Where's Tehran?
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Alex Libman

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2008, 09:41:30 AM »
Added: Tehran, Seoul, Pyongyang.

The former I thought wasn't worth giving any attention to.  Like a rotten kid, the more you notice it the more obnoxious it becomes.  I thought God / Satan would feel the same way.

The latter two dedicated to the Moonies - love `em!  If you're gonna brainwash fools into religion, at least brainwash them into anti-communism as well!  :twisted:
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Alex Libman

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Re: Which "Babylon" ?
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2008, 05:38:09 PM »
Bagdad tied with D.C.  :lol:
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