Many longs are hypocrites. Get off Our-Street's case. If he did short a stock and then attack it on his web site, is it really any different from you buying a stock and then pumping it on a message board? Let he who is innocent cast the first stone - just look in the mirror before you do.
What he did may have been unethical or maybe even illegal (if he did that), but which of us have not done the same? Which one of us have not bought a stock and then said good things about it? Is it more wrong to short a stock and then say bad things than to buy a stock and then say good things?
Please, stop throwing stones. Even if he did attack a stock, if what he said was true, then who is to judge him?