Quote from: Jack of Diamonds on July 22, 2011, 06:45:47 PM

Since you wanted to get technical with words:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rat

Quote from: Oxford English Dictionary

2. informal a person who deserts his or her friends or associates, esp in time of trouble
3.    informal a worker who works during a strike; blackleg; scab
4.    slang chiefly ( US ) an informer; stool pigeon
5.    informal a despicable person
6.    smell a rat to detect something suspicious

And why did you leave out point one in your above Oxford quote? On rank 1, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rat:

Quote from: Oxford English Dictionary

1. brown rat See also black rat any of numerous long-tailed murine rodents, esp of the genus Rattus , that are similar to but larger than mice and are now distributed all over the world

If you search on google, bing or yahoo for "rat", the first result (text and images) is the animal. Even in your quoted sources, the animal was ranked on first place.

Quote from: Jack of Diamonds on July 22, 2011, 06:45:47 PM

how many people have been robbed (def. stolen by the use of coercion and violence) by a rodent?

I don't know any exact numbers, sry. But it's possible that a rat scratches your face, bites you in your hand and steals the cheese from your sandwich.

Quote from: Jack of Diamonds on July 22, 2011, 06:45:47 PM

In your context it can only be intepreted as a human being

No, it's one way to interpret it but it's not the only one. It was a simple wordplay....not more, not less. If you don't like it, ok. Now let's get over it, life (literally) goes on. ;-)

Quote from: evolve on July 22, 2011, 07:01:34 PM

there is a tor message board that is supposedly a hitman classifieds/work for hire sort of thing....most of the post are obvious jokes, but a few of the people on there claim to be serious.

^^^^^let's burn him for knowing such a shady place!!!!11 :o)