RSWIL - Bill 96

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle_Zell_Jewish_High_School Also known as the etymological reordering act.

Bill 96 was a bill forwarded by jewish council member Ralph Finklestein, in the 21st hearing of the Wumpian Initiative Council on May 30th 1997. The bill proposed an act to rename N.Sanity Island and N.Sanity Beach with more comfortable titles that distanced the regions from their tumultuous past, and to enforce this naming in all future policies and papers. The bill gained little traction and was the final fall of certain radical bills that were handed around the council that year, it was unanimously voted against by the 25 seat council, at a 25-0 vote.

The bill was a reaction to the previous year's bill that renamed Cortex Island to Rochelle Island, as a means to not contribute to the island any kind of lasting legacy towards Neo Cortex. The success of this bill encouraged supporters to extend such reformations to other regional titles, though N.Sanity was viewed as being a symbolical representation of the struggles that transpired on the archipelago and thus its name was defended.

Content
"A proposal to proceed with a voted upon renaming of said regions: A) N.Sanity Island and B) N.Sanity Beach, in preference to names of less tumultuous nature."

Reactions
The bill received little vocal support from legislators, and was for the most part only forwarded by select groups on the internet and in journalism. Ketzer notes that the bill would likely never have made it to the hearing, if not publicized as much as it was by the New York Times. Most councilmembers scoffed at the bill, and this was factually evident in the unanimous vote against it. Mainstream media maintained a neutral stance towards the bill, and little attention was directed towards it.

Verdict
"The council has hereby voted against Bill 96. I choose to share my personal conviction that though this bill is admirable in thought, it is less practical in nature. We must remember that while an alternative regional title could phonetically feel more comfortable, we are not here to feel comfortable. It is imperative that the names of this island and its coasts remind us of the horrific events that transpired here. Unavoidable is the fact these islands will long be attached to this tumultous history, and we should not be driven to erase it but rather protect it as the vanguard of our own thoughts. Only through this acceptance may listeners, readers, and visitors, constantly be reminded of and consider the importance of not repeating the mistakes of yesterday past."