law of my two feet

[Harrison Owen]

The Law of Two Feet certainly emphasizes personal responsibility at all
levels. But whether we need to change the words, I don’t know. First off,
two feet normally come attached to a single individual. If we were dealing
with some other number of feet, it might be useful to specify the point of
attachment, as in My Two Feet, His two feet, Their two feet, -- or whatever
number of feet are attached to whatever bodies. Considering the
possibilities of an Open Space including four footed creatures, centipedes
(100 footed), and other randomly footed beings is mind blowing.

 

We then come to the issue of how we might actually change the words. Would
this require a canonical council meeting over a number of years to consider
the possibility and issue a global finding? Then again, if you feel the need
of some different words, why not just use them? Most of us have, and
doubtless will continue.

 

Personally, I rather like the “Law of Two Feet”. Has a certain ring to it.
Sounds kind of official and judicial! And goodness knows we certainly need
to do everything in our power to clean up this  Open Space business and make
it respectable. Sounding judiciously official is certainly a good start. 

 

Harrison 

 

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Dominik
Ringler
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 6:23 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: law of my two feet

 

Dear All,
after a wonderful open space we had in Strasbourg recently with participants
from about 30 European countries, I found myself in front of the poster with
the law of the two feet, thinking: wouldn't it be more personal, more
concrete, more logical to call it "the law of my two feet?" For me the law
is the most basic thing in os concerning self-organization... being
responsible for myself and MY two feet. 
What do you think?
For the Germans in the list: I tried to translate it, but I'm not satisfied
yet about "Das Gesetz meiner (beiden) Füße"...
Waiting for your opinions...
Autumnal greetings from Berlin
Dominik

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