A day of talking about why I might ask strangers to hold hands. About what it might be like to ask different groups of people to take part in the performance of Palm to Palm. About how we feel about holding hands. About our cultural relationship to touch and holding hands. About the statement it can make and the nourishment it can offer.
Lou Brodie 
Free hugs causes the same misunderstandings. We will soon forget what a simple eye-contact is.
agreed. it is a sad thing. but I do take solace in the fact that more people said yes than said no