Kirk:

bid them up so price stays up

Are you saying, bid up strikes, even though you have no intention of buying them? Or are you saying, buy a bunch of strikes at over the market price, to keep the prices up?

#1 is unethical and #2 is plain dumb, because when you try to sell, it's going to go for the real price, not the inflated artificially created price.

I know I've kicked this artificial price support donkey before, just wondering what your position on it is, Kirk?