Well, I just passed 25,000 images in the bonus gallery section alone, so I've upped that array's upper bounds to 35,000 now, as well as upping the subsection limit to 250 from 150. I had to do the same yesterday for the search engine; upping the limit for images from 150,000 to 200,000. Yeah, I know it really should be dynamic, but I guess I'm being lazy.
Also, since one person expressed concern about my use of “Allah is great” and references to stoning in the Franko el Derbi emails as potentially making Muslims feel bad, let me be very clear about why I use those references. The people writing to me are often playing moral extremists who want to force their ideas on me, on BME, and on society in general. In return, I parody the most well known extremist group group trying to do the same — those calling for a return to Sharia law. By doing so it both highlights their own ignorance, and perhaps gives a tiny catalyst for them to realize it (but I doubt it). And, fundamentalists are so ridiculous (and offensive) that they're excellent tools for comedy.
It has no more to do with making fun of mainstream Muslims than making fun of Hitler has to do with Germans or the Feds burning down Waco had to do with persecuting Christians. While personally I think it's rather silly to pledge oneself to any dogma-ridden mythology that can't be verified by first hand interaction, if it makes someone happy then I think that's totally cool for them to go for it — and that goes for all faiths, be it a major recognized one, or one that you and your invisible friend invented. If it's making you happy and not hurting anyone else, I don't see how it can be anything but a good thing.
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