You nailed it. Notice, these people who complain about market manipulation never complain when the momentum guys drive a stock from 100 x earings to 200 x earnings.
They all want something for nothing, and want to blame others for their bad investments.
The problem with short-selling is that it is not easy enough. The down-tick rule should be eliminated. If short selling was easier, none of the last crazy boom would have happened, and the economy would not have pissed away billions on internet companies that had no chance of ever making money.