User blog comment:EmperorZelos/Skin and Icon/@comment-1917865-20100723020659

The completed tower is the best possible result, one we all hope to achieve when conlanging (a 'completed' language).

To me, an unfinished tower represents futility. In the actual story, the men were never able to complete it due to the confusion, and having that as a logo would imply that none of us will ever "reach up to the heavens" as the united people intended.

I believe that we never stop tending to our languages BECAUSE they never get off the ground. We're always trying to perfect our language but never quite get the result we desire, so we don't encourage its growth. If people wanted to learn our language as it was, there would be no need to tend to it; the new speakers would assume responsibility for its integrity.