The Free Hugs movement started with Juan Mann.
we were 3 people and hugged 232 people in 3 hours. not only that we weren’t banned by the police, a policeman even almost stopped the car to hug us. in the second hugging day we hugged over 400 people.
This can be done anytime and anyplace. I imagine all kinds of variations, even a modest version for frum communities. We can have men huging men and women and hugging women. We can have mixed hugging for those that want that. We can have kids hugging kids. Hugs are holy.
Footnote: Free Hugs reaches Jaffa
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The Free Hugs idea was actually originally started earlier by Jayson Littman a MOT. An article about him was published in the New York Times about three years ago:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/nyregion/10journal.html?ex=1399521600&en=06d43b9e7f8925d6&ei=5007&partner=– USERLAND
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Thanks for the video. This is great! What’s the name of the song? Thanks.
I want to watch the free hugger get knifed in Grand Central when he tries this. Maybe 8:15am on a Monday would be the best time.
I mean I wouldn’t knife him, I would hug him, but still…
“The Free Hugs movement started with Juan Mann.”
Really? I didn’t realize it was only Juan; I thought it was Two.
lol! I go to University of Toronto and people were doing this around campus the other day! Now I know what it’s all about!