By: guntherh

While your commentary was quite lucid, and did convey valid logic RE: "cybervigilantism"; you nonetheless depart from much true understanding displayed in the line " In an era of near instanteous access to some information, are we rushing to judgement?" by questioning "what ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?" The answer to this question is rather simple; "Seeing is believing". We are now in an age whereby that which can be "evidenced" by videotape or other forms of electronic video-capture has defeated "due-process". Forever! Forever and ever. That image can be doctored and fabricated is a sad truth known to those savvy or devious enough to desire to do so; for having this level of (what I'd politely called "savvy") manipulative intent, one also knows full well that concurrent with "seeing is believing" is the fact that most people will not be able (willing?) to begin to perceive if they're being misled, by whom, and for what ends. This then is one of the sad commentaries of our great leap into ubiquitous technologization. It, and its pitfalls, and its repercussions, exceeds our capacity to accommodate with the same levels of due-process once thought to be of paramount importance.