should shorting be illegal? , page-19

Well done shareholder, I did give you a TU however it didn't register. It's always a concern when people feed of each other for being hard done by something they really don't understand.

Short selling forms an important part of market dynamics, it provides stability not volatility, it provides liquidity and allows for a level of security that otherwise would not exist. The naked example in the original post does not apply to the majority of equity markets.