http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-angry-ant-farmers-and-other-stories-you-might-have-missed/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-angry-ant-farmers-and-other-stories-you-might-have-missed/comment-page-1/#comment-931824 Online Journalism China: There’s an expanding array of tools to supply uncensored news - but how many are prepare to listen? : Journalism.co.uk editors blog Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:04:25 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-angry-ant-farmers-and-other-stories-you-might-have-missed/#comment-931824 [...] a 30 per cent return for providing for an aphrodisiacal powder. The scheme was, of course, (ant) pie-in-the-sky and resulted in an army of angry investors demanding compensation and government [...] [...] a 30 per cent return for providing for an aphrodisiacal powder. The scheme was, of course, (ant) pie-in-the-sky and resulted in an army of angry investors demanding compensation and government [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-angry-ant-farmers-and-other-stories-you-might-have-missed/comment-page-1/#comment-690294 on a slow boat » Blog Archive » Fool me once… Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:26:56 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-angry-ant-farmers-and-other-stories-you-might-have-missed/#comment-690294 [...] ant farm scam is a totally crazy story that’s got a bit of everything: a nasty crook, angry peasant mobs, [...] [...] ant farm scam is a totally crazy story that’s got a bit of everything: a nasty crook, angry peasant mobs, [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-angry-ant-farmers-and-other-stories-you-might-have-missed/comment-page-1/#comment-676547 visitor Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:18:48 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-angry-ant-farmers-and-other-stories-you-might-have-missed/#comment-676547 this is almost the only website which i can read some details about Yilishen incident all over the internet. i am from china, mainland. shenyang is my hometown, though i'm studying in Dalian. i got the news in one blog, but it described the whole thing in a very obscure way. i posted a question for the details, but it was deleted a few minutes later. amazing?yes. i phoned my mother in shenyang, and got a general picture. then i tried to find more online, but the result really disappointed me: almost all links related to this , in and abroad, were unable to open. i wonder why our government trying to cover this.covering a problem doesnt mean solving a problem.there must be something that we do not have rights to know,maybe we can call it privacy, the party's privacy ,or the country's privacy. do i feel pity for those victims? only a little. it is greed that leads them to today's miserable situation. they can not resist the high returns trap which means doing a little and gaining a lot. they got hooked. who else can they blame? we must notice that the fact is: the majority of people keep their minds cool in the temptation of high returns,the victims are only the minority. when they were counting their money at home, they didn't say a good word for the government, and when losing money, they put all their rages into the government. they want the government to use the other hardworking people's tax to compensate their loss. is it fair to the others? this is almost the only website which i can read some details about Yilishen incident all over the internet.
i am from china, mainland. shenyang is my hometown, though i’m studying in Dalian.
i got the news in one blog, but it described the whole thing in a very obscure way. i posted a question for the details, but it was deleted a few minutes later.
amazing?yes.
i phoned my mother in shenyang, and got a general picture. then i tried to find more online, but the result really disappointed me: almost all links related to this , in and abroad, were unable to open.
i wonder why our government trying to cover this.covering a problem doesnt mean solving a problem.there must be something that we do not have rights to know,maybe we can call it privacy, the party’s privacy ,or the country’s privacy.
do i feel pity for those victims? only a little. it is greed that leads them to today’s miserable situation. they can not resist the high returns trap which means doing a little and gaining a lot. they got hooked. who else can they blame? we must notice that the fact is: the majority of people keep their minds cool in the temptation of high returns,the victims are only the minority. when they were counting their money at home, they didn’t say a good word for the government, and when losing money, they put all their rages into the government. they want the government to use the other hardworking people’s tax to compensate their loss. is it fair to the others?

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