Nice one Jerry

You hit the nail on the head. I think that a lot of people have a need to belong and gravitate toward a group who will give them a framework of rules to live by, and there are always people who are only too ready to do the organising.

I remember one time watching a totally disparate group of people involved in one of the more minor religions and thinking that these were just individauls who wanted to be part of a larger group. That lead me on to thinking about what, for want of a better word, is called the herd instinct and how much that instinct can affect our lives.

Now, although I do belong to a group, it does not ask me to abide by any real set rules or castigate me for things done or not done. It's called the Mudcat and is really the only group that I have any real interest in belonging to, outside of friends and family.