11.09.06
A Heart Warming Video
On a much-needed lighter note, a video appeared recently of a man in Sydney giving free hugs to passers-by. Serial hugger Juan Mann describes the free hugs he hands out…as fast-food emotion. His cuddling campaign received an international dose of publicity today, after a clip showing his public displays of affection won a coveted front page spot on the video sharing website, YouTube. An American television audience of millions also watched him at work, when the video was broadcast on the prime-time breakfast program Good Morning America recently. But his efforts to spread the love became a little too popular for some people’s liking, according to a blurb on the YouTube video, which said: “As this symbol of human hope spread across the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED.” Undeterred, Mann collected more than 10,000 signatures on a petition he presented to the City of Sydney council. Demands for a halt to the hugs petered out shortly after, and the end of the clip shows Mann hugging an official. City worker Elly Mitchell, who handed out a few free hugs on her lunch break today, said she was inspired to organise [an] event after seeing the video online. “We’re going to hug the city,” Ms Mitchell said. Watch the 5 minute video here.
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Stoned said,
December 26, 2006 at 12:57 am
Is this what the world has been reduced to, that you have to have a hug campaign….sigh*
shawn said,
January 13, 2007 at 8:12 am
Now what could they possibly find so threatening about people hugging that they would even have the thought to ban the thing??? Things that make ya go HMMMM….