As it turns out, our on-campus group SpeakOut's annual KissOut is a concept worth repeating. According to The Associated Press, nearly 40,000 people locked lips in the center of Mexico City on Saturday to claim the record for the world's largest group kiss.
According to the city's tourism board, the Valentine's Day kiss was meant to show love at a time when a crackdown against drug traffickers has led to widespread violence across the country. At least 6,000 people died in drug-related conflicts in 2008, the AP reports.
Though I'm not usually one for PDA, I can't say I disapprove of either Penn State's KissOut or Mexico City's record-breaking public smooch. After all, if everyone around you is doing it, making out in public isn't such outrageous behavior.
Though different in scale, location and purpose, both public kissing fests harken back to two awesome things: love and the good old-fashioned liplock.
Plus, what better way to celebrate a holiday normally hijacked by cash-thirsty advertisers and guilt-induced gift giving than to break with tradition and make out with a stranger?
- Leslie
