Could you be more blunt? I gave my respects to Viva and admitted my lack of knowledge regarding these matters. It was a question, not a statement, to Viva... geesh! A little f'ing common courtesy too much to ask for?
Do "we" know when these short positions were established? If not...we might as well be guessing. They may have even taken these positions well over a year ago...they would have covered already based on the Viva argument.