Back at the University of Illinois there was a group that called themselves Positive Event Chain who, among other things, got together on the quad and gave away free hugs. I could never understand the people who would walk by the group without taking advantage of the offer. Who passes on a hug?
In the same vein I just heard of this group in Paris called calins gratuits (literally free hugs) who perform the same service here in the City of Love. According to their “website”:http://www.calins-gratuits.com/ they are part of a global revolution to ‘break the barriers of individualism and inhibition surrounding a simple friendly action.’