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Originally Posted by unimom

Actually, rats can be pets, are very intelligent and you are being offensive. Every living thing deserves respect. Regardless of how you feel about it's life, it is still alive.

How many people feel this way about snakes in general? I am sure that you don't like when they talk like that about your snake.

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ive had rats, guinea pigs, snakes and some other pets and i can say that rats serve no other important purposes except for food. if they arent cb, then they are just dirty rodents that roam around a lot. ive bred rats too

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Originally Posted by mister

ive had rats, guinea pigs, snakes and some other pets and i can say that rats serve no other important purposes except for food. if they arent cb, then they are just dirty rodents that roam around a lot. ive also bred rats too, so i do have experience with them and still feel the same way about them

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The point is not how you feel about rats but that you are intentionally trying to be offensive on our forum. We are all for a good debate, you don't have to intenionally try to make people mad or be confrontational to make a point. State your opinion w/o calling names, or slamming others please.

That's fine if you don't care for rats, but many people here DO, so please be respectful.

I like rats because they are intelligent, (unlike most other rodents, which I don't care for) affectionate (same as above) and often quite lovely.

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Originally Posted by unimom

The point is not how you feel about rats but that you are intentionally trying to be offensive on our forum. We are all for a good debate, you don't have to intenionally try to make people mad or be confrontational to make a point. State your opinion w/o calling namesm, or slammign others please.

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where/when did i offend someone?

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Originally Posted by mister

buddy they are RATS!! in america, rats are regarded as filthy little disease-carrying creatures. maybe where you're from its a delicassy, who knows

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-That could be considered offensive.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

-That could be considered offensive.

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no, those are facts

Well, I disagree.

I'm an American.. and I certainly don't consider them filthy, (ok you're right, they ARE little) disease-ridden, or a delicacy. (though I must say, my snakes do, but they don't count, I'm afraid)

We are talking about fancy domestic rats here, not sewer rats.

[QUOTE=Shelby}We are talking about fancy domestic rats here, not sewer rats.[/QUOTE]

and if you read one of my previous posts, i clearly said "captive-bred"

Yeah, ok.. then filthy and disease-ridden need not apply here. At least it shouldn't.. my rats are neither.

so i guess we could agree that MOST rats in the world are gross little sob's right?