Thanks. Now I have Gogol Bordello stuck in my head!
*sings* "It is easier to see evil as entity, not as condition inside you and me..."
ANYWHO... I would have to agree that I personally think of them as good but in western culture they seem to looked at as a symbol of evil. To me it's pretty rediculous seeing as how they eat rodents, which destroy crops and are generally seen as "filthy and disease carrying". Of course I also disagree with that as I have had many pet rats that I loved dearly.