Do you think Image Manipulation has gone to far?

[steve.ledger]

Welcome to TG Zoe,

My first thought is 'no'.

From the moment man first picked up a stick and drew something in the sand he has manipulated (art-iculated) his own expressed view as a graphical representation of reality and how he see's it.
Whether or not other people see, understand (or agree) with what has been created in sand (or any other graphical medium) is largely up to individual interpretation.