the free hug campaign

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    My favourite part was the very first little older lady whjo hugged him. Brilliant.


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    Quote Originally Posted by goodkarma:
    My favourite part was the very first little older lady whjo hugged him. Brilliant.
    That's my favorite part, too. It just takes one, actually...

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    Btw, any idea where they organized this campaign?


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    It looks like Seattle to me but not sure.

    Cool idea.


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    Quote Originally Posted by goodkarma:
    It looks like Seattle to me but not sure.

    Cool idea.
    From watching that video, it's definitely Australia. I think in Sydney, although I thought I could see some parts filmed in Melbourne.

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    You are so right! It shows Meyer and that's Oz not Seattle.


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    It was definitely Sydney - in the city centre mall and Darling Harbour mostly. I didn't see any Melbourne in there.


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    Had any of you heard of this or seen it before?


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    Free?

    Free hugs? Not in Shanghai....

    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20709794-2,00.html

    'Huggers' rounded up by Chinese police
    From correspondents in Shanghai
    November 06, 2006 03:58pm
    Article from: Agence France-Presse


    A CHINESE group of 'huggers' inspired by an Australian man who stands in the street offering free embraces to strangers, have been rounded up by police in Shanghai.

    Police detained 11 huggers and confiscated their signs advertising free hugs only 20 minutes into their initial hug therapy campaign on Nanjing Road on Saturday, the China Daily said.

    The group was released after about an hour in police custody, with authorities saying their actions were illegal because they did not have a permit.

    "The organisers lacked the necessary certificate to hold an event in a public place,'' the paper quoted an unidentified Shanghai police official as saying.

    Organisers began the campaign after seeing an internet video of a man in Australia offering free hugs on a street that brought "warmth to people's hearts'' through free hugging, the paper said.

    "The film moved me,'' the paper quoted the organiser of the Shanghai campaign, a 24-year-old man named Baigu, as saying.

    "We see strange faces everyday and mostly we see aversion or animosity in their eyes.

    "Why can't we melt the coldness in people's hearts with our hugs?''

    Baigu had intended to hold other hugging sessions over the next fortnight but these plans had now been put on hold.


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    very nice and inspiring...

    Why don't we do this here? Everyone here could sure use one!