why is this group being spammed?

[geremy condra]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet
<alf.p.steinbach+usenet at gmail.com> wrote:
> * be.krul, on 18.07.2010 07:01:
>>
>> why is this group being spammed?
>
> It depends a little on what you're asking, e.g. technical versus motivation.
>
> But I'll answer about something you probably didn't mean to ask, namely what
> human trait enables and almost forces that kind of behavior.
>
> And I believe it is the same trait that let hypnotists do funny TV-shows
> with quite normal folks behaving in ridiculous ways, the same trait that
> causes wars, the same trait that causes religion, the same trait that holds
> back science so that "paradigm shifts" only occur when new generations take
> over, a trait that /makes/ your feet start moving to the rhythm when you
> hear the right kind of music, and so on. Namely the instinctual drive to fit
> in in a social group by sharing that group's behavior and values. This
> instinct is possibly stronger than the sex drive, e.g., wars are seldom
> fought over sex ("surrender, and give us sex!", no, that's not it, it's
> "surrender, and become part of us!").

Helen of Troy begs to differ.

Geremy Condra