Today the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, told a room full of bankers that short sellers (people who who sell borrowed shares, betting that prices will fall before they have to buy them them back) that they were "bank robbers and asset strippers". Good on you John, but really they are just one small part of a big thieving machine that gambles with other people's lives and livelihoods to make a quick buck. Why pick on them particularly? Yes, they deserve it, but no more than the company executive that moves production from the UK to China because labour is cheap and the workers can't organize or fight for their rights.
I have a lot of time for John Sentamu, but I think he's aiming his sights too low on this one.