fois gras or short selling

which is of these should the french (notably europes biggest procrastinators e.g. tunisia revolution as they have massive commercial interests) be banning? talk about clutching at straws....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/8696624/France-bans-shorters-as-markets-bounce-back.html

reminds me of that recent charles thread, he affectively wanted the option to buy shares as long as he was guaranteed noone was then going to sell them once things looked a bit dodge.

aren't french banks the main lenders to greece et al?

(wasn't gonna mention the war)