That's the guy that started the 'free hugs' campaign. Holding up signs offering free hugs to anyone who wants one. Really beautiful video and he's inspired thousands of people to do the same thing.
We are social animals and our society tends to starve humans of something so basic as touch. I know people who go months maybe even years without touching another person except for a handshake or bumping into someone in a crowd. What a beautiful and simple idea; breaking a stupid and arbitrary taboo that's made all of us a lot less human than we should be.
So I love him. His simple idea is the sort that has the power to change the world.
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Date: 2007-10-09 11:33 pm (UTC)We are social animals and our society tends to starve humans of something so basic as touch. I know people who go months maybe even years without touching another person except for a handshake or bumping into someone in a crowd. What a beautiful and simple idea; breaking a stupid and arbitrary taboo that's made all of us a lot less human than we should be.
So I love him. His simple idea is the sort that has the power to change the world.