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Free Hugs Campaign
The ‘Free Hugs’ movement started by Juan Mann created a world sensation. He has been giving away hugs in Sydney, Australia when he saw that people were miserable and thought that he could brighten up their lives. One of the people he hugged was Shimon Moore, the lead singer of the Sick Puppies(the guys who sang the background song ‘All The Same’). The city council tried to ban the movement but after acquiring a petition campaign of more than 10,000 signatures, the ban was called off. With more than a million views on Youtube it was one of the most viewed. This sensation has seen it spread to other countries as well such as Israel, United States and Korea. In the spirit of the Free Hugs Campaign, hug a stranger today! 3 videoclips(the original Juan Mann, Free Hugs in Korea and lastly an interview with Juan Mann) after the jump.
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October 25th, 2006 at 8:07 am
i want a hug
October 25th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
[hugs hARRY]
October 26th, 2006 at 1:08 am
Bonne initiative…
Une fois n’est pas coutume, le net nous propose une bonne initiative; en effet, quelque soit le moment, recevoir un calin est souvent la seule chose dont nous aurions besoin. Juan Mann, dans cette époque de désintégration du lien social, a lancé……
November 4th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
thanks ant yur AWESOME!!!!!
November 6th, 2006 at 6:48 am
Maravillosa idea de Juan… kreo ke devemos imitarlo… va para ti Juan…!!!
November 19th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
we made japanese ver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HnKqE_Rgdk
hug&peace: )
August 11th, 2007 at 5:27 am
I would like to see this world evoked by this campaign. In most present modern societies, if one does something like this, one is labeled a freak, or worse, arrested for molestation.
August 11th, 2007 at 5:27 am
Well, that was the wrong smiley. It looks better in text form….
September 11th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Me and my cousins gave away free hugs its was really nice. We have it video taped we are going to put it on youtube soon.