Just as long as we know that not ALL rats out there are bad.
Case in point: Charles Matthias, AKA MattRat. A great furry author (he won an Ursa Major award once), and an equally great friend-- I call him my Li'l Bro.
oh, no, of course all rats are not bad! most ratties i know are in fact
fun, talented types. the "rouge rats" call themselves that just to sound
ruff and tuff. but they're not indicative of the species by any means.