Inappropriate or annoying

Is it such an inappropriate thing to do ? Queen Elizabeth made the first move!:)

In the next one Tevez doesn't want another hug from Maradona

Christian side hug

The Christian side hug is a satirical term for a display of affection in which a person hugs another by putting one arm around their shoulders, rather than both arms around them, thus minimizing the chance of inadvertent sexual contact.

Side hugging for religious reasons was first labeled the "Christian side hug" in a rap song written by Ryan Pann of California. The song was performed as a skit at the 2009 Encounter Generation evangelical youth conference (EG), hosted by The Fathers House church in Vacaville, CA. The song's lyrics state that attendees will be sent home if they "front hug," so they should opt for the "Christian side hug" instead. The song's video, which has become somewhat of an internet joke, includes gunshot sounds, sirens, and performers dressed like street thugs.

Pann has said the song was satirizing the Christian habit of side hugging,but another mock rap video from the conference reinforces the Christian Side Hug song's message, making it clear that organizers were serious about keeping physical interactions to a minimum. The list of EG conference rules also includes a ban on public displays of affection.

The Christian side hug within the abstinence movement

EG is not the only religious youth organization to encourage side hugs over front hugs, with magazine (published by Focus on the Family ), advising readers to refrain from front hugging members of the opposite sex as far back as 2007. Also, rules against front hugging are part of at least some youth leader employment agreements.

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Incorrect?

Richard Gere and his "effusive" hug and kiss to indian actress Shilpa Shetty that caused riots in India.
The following day several conservative and Hindu groups held protests in New Delhi and cities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan states.
The demonstrators burned posters and effigies of the stars and said that the kissing act was against Indian culture.
Remember the episode:

What do you think?

Teacher's resignation after a hug with a student

Forbidden hugs at School

Controversial

Could you be one of these two huggers below?
Is it really sane to forgive and forget?

Abrazo del olvido- Forgiving's embrace- Chile, 1988


Pope John Paul hugging and shaking hands with his agressor

A bit of semantics

EMBRACE: em·brace (m-brs) v. em·braced, em·brac·ing, em·brac·es v.tr. 1. To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection. 2. a. To surround; enclose: We allowed the warm water to embrace us. b. To twine around: a trellis that was embraced by vines. 3. To include as part of something broader. See Synonyms at include. 4. To take up willingly or eagerly: embrace a social cause. 5. To avail oneself of: "I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace" (Henry James). v.intr. To join in an embrace. n. 1. An act of holding close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection; a hug. 2. An enclosure or encirclement: caught in the jungle's embrace. 3. Eager acceptance: your embrace of Catholicism.
HUG
v. hugged, hug·ging, hugs
v.tr.
1. To clasp or hold closely, especially in the arms, as in affection; embrace.
2. To hold steadfastly to; cherish: He still hugs his outmoded beliefs.
3. To stay close to: a sailboat hugging the shore.
v.intr.
To embrace or cling together closely.
n.
1. A close, affectionate embrace.
2. A crushing embrace, as in wrestling.
CUDDLE cuddle [ˈkʌdəl] vb 1. to hold (another person or thing) close or (of two people, etc.) to hold each other close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; embrace; hug 2. (intr; foll by up) to curl or snuggle up into a comfortable or warm position n a close embrace, esp when prolonged [of uncertain origin] cuddlesome adj cuddly adj

Hug free vs Free hugs

Have you ever felt like Chandler in "Friends"?
"Friends" hug free

While Chandler claims for space, others want to fill it with an embrace :

Artistic

This world is becoming more selfish and apathetic everyday.
Next generations will probably end up being paid... to hug.

"Since 2000, Gao Brothers have hugged hundreds of strangers and organised group hugging performances with strangers at many public locations in different ways and have taken a lot of interesting photographs."see more of hug performance here

GAO Brothers
"The Gao Brothers are looking at people like scientists observing bacilli in the microscope in order to reproduce their movements by choreographing them. Powerless demiurges, they wonder about these damned souls, hard-working, in exile, bruised and blinded by the utopian lights of construction sites, embracing themsleves for a moment of eternity."

Gao Brothers, Twenty People Paid to Hug No. 2 (2001), C-print, courtesy of the artist. [Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Jan 16-Apr 19]
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