Can I Trick You?

Alrighty, so here we have a manipulated picture. Don't freak out anybody, the kitten was not harmed! I found both picture on the internet and decided that the purpose of my manipulation was to ignite some emotion in some people, especially animal lovers (which includes myself)! Basically I took a picture of a kitten with a really sweet face on and inserted her into this picture with a man chopping some wood! I resized the kitten and lowered her opacity to match the colors of the background picture. I also adjusted the color and saturation of both the kitten and the background to look a little more frightening! I knew that with this manipulation I could get some gasps from the girls in class and some laughter from the guys. Now, was this manipulation harmful? Well, that is in the eyes of the beholder, but from my point of view, not really. The kitten is safe, but I guess this guy might be offended if he was really a cat lover. But, it's not like I manipulated this photo for a candidate for the PETA organization, so it didn't really cause any harm. However, the article I read describes that while simple manipulated photos might not be harmful, the advanced technology to manipulate photos can be. The advance in technology is increasing so rapidly that important legal documents are able to be manipulated using copies of forged signatures, letterheads, and false statements. Although some pictures like mine may not be that harmful, our technology savvy society may soon or currently be using forged documents that can affect our government and companies around the world!
Here is my citation for the article I researched: "Beware of a Blizzard of Fake Documents." New York Times (1991): 22. Print.