A quick retort to that suggestion is that the Roman Empire is a legitimate topic and we should not toss out the baby with the bathwater (an old expression that maybe needs retiring).

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2023/10/08/the-question-is-that-if-men-are-daily-thinking-about-the-roman-empire-is-generative-ai-doing-likewise/

"It doesn't mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater."

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-12-california-farms-capture-methane-cow.html

Let us not throw away the baby with the bathwater just yet.

Source: https://ctmirror.org/2023/04/03/affordable-care-act-needs-overhaul-americans/

Now it is the turn of the enabling environment to also take stock and clean up its act. ‘Casting the first stone’ is easy enough; ensuring that the baby is not thrown out with the bathwater is the harder, and far more productive responsibility.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/03/06/soyinka-breaks-silence-speaks-on-onyeka-nwelues-travail/