Rather than get into a back and forth on this, why don't we just get to the meat of it all. Do you think the BOD can be faulted for "allowing ES to short the stock"? and,

How was it detrimental to PTSC to allow him to short the stock, aside from any downward pressure he could have otherwise put on the stock by selling shares? If you are going to argue that shorting somehow added additional pressure please explain the mechanics of that.