Is RATS worth the 5000 points?

Originally posted by Freeborn
I understand that matters discussed there are free from Google searches etc [edit on 28/9/08 by Freeborn]

I'd like to ask mods/management if this is the real reason threads are moved to R.A.T.S.

One of my issues with RATS is that this site is supposed to promote open and frank discussion on alternative and conspiratorial subjects yet has a section limited to a select few.

When I post something, it is what I think / believe etc and hope as many people as possible see and read it and hopefully they contribute to open and frank debates.
Hopefully they also cause some people to think again and begin to question everything.
This is not possibe with subjects discussed in RATS.

There is also a feeling of elitism and smug superiority about some, (I repeat, only some) members who post regularly in RATS.

In my humble opinion, that is the antithesis of everything that is good about ATS!

[edit on 29/9/08 by Freeborn]