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Freehugs in China, Banned & Arrested
The freehugger is led away by police at the end of the video.
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My experience FREE HUG Chicago
I hope it inspires people to love and hug! The slide show at the end is my favorite part ♥
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The Hug Shirt
Cute Circuit is as design company that blends high technology and fashion. In this pod we see the blue-tooth enabled "Hug Shirt" in action. Cute Circuit is as design company that blends high technology and fashion. In this pod we see the blue-tooth enabled "Hug Shirt&... more
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Fined for Hugging
Three Chinese policeman have been reprimanded for fining a couple caught hugging on Valentine's day. God forbid!
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Guerilla Cuddler Juan Mann Gets Evicted And Needs Helps To Find New Hug Central
Guerilla cuddler Juan Mann took his Free Hugs campaign from the streets of Australia via YouTube to Oprah Winfrey's TV studios. Along the way a lot of authority types got very worried about liability, bi-laws and red-tape, as like-minded cells of renegade huggers surfaced across the world. (We got our free hugs in Victoria, B.C..) At one point Mann got banned from doing his street corner hug deals in his hometown by city officials who couldn't get their heads around his hugs-not-slugs brand of subversion (see previous There's No Such Thing As A Free Hug story). So on October 22, 2007, Mann decided to move his Free Hugs campaign indoors for a while, offering an open house to anyone who fancied stopping by his humble abode at 30 Bucknell Street in Newtown, New South Wales - and that's when his troubles really began.
In the first 36 days of Mann's planned year-long open house, around 80 guests dropped in for a little hospitality. Some offered knowledge in return, others offered bribes (a TV producer offered cash if Mann would pull out of a scheduled interview with a rival station), and one rather-too-enthusiastic young lady even pinched Mann's bum after cooking him dinner. But on the whole, all seemed to be going well. Many of the conversations with those who stopped by were recorded and put up on the newly launched JuanMann.tv website, as well as on YouTube, where Mann has a burgeoning viewership.
Unfortunately one of Mann's new viewers turned out to be his landlord, who subsequently evicted him, complaining that his activities posed "a security risk to the building" and a potential "nuisance to the neighbors." Consequently, with just 21 days left in his current abode and a mere $9.16 in his pocket, the hapless hugger is on the hunt for a new place he can call hug-central.
Those who are sympathetic to Mann's plight can order a Free Hugs T-shirt from RemoGeneralStore.com/FreeHugs. Between now and Christmas you'll get one shirt free with every shirt ordered. And since 25% of the purchase price will go directly towards a new home that Mann says "you are more than welcome" to visit him in, it really is a great gift. Let's recap: buy one shirt, get one free, and get an open invitation to hang out with Mann at is new pad in NSW - plus all the hugs you can handle a bargain at just $31.22 (plus shipping).
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http://www.myspace.com/thedailymantra Guerilla cuddler Juan Mann took his Free Hugs campaign from the streets of Australia via YouTube to Oprah Winfrey's TV studios. A... more -
Hugger In Chief
Journalistic skepticism compels us to note that presidential hugs usually are photo ops, staged for the cameras and calculated to deliver the prepackaged sentiment... Either way the man is a generous hugger. Journalistic skepticism compels us to note that presidential hugs usually are photo ops, staged for the cameras and calculated to deli... more
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Hug A Vegetarian Day
This friday is Hug A Vegetarian Day. So go hug one. But not too hard, lentils are quite gassy and overhugging may cause wind escape.
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