Is an Ebola Halloween costume in poor taste?

[kenny]

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/The-Worst-Halloween-Costume-Ebola-Edition/381444/

 

[ksinger]

Yep. Poor taste. It would be equivalent to someone showing up at a costume party in Oct 2001 (or any October really), dressed as one of the World Trade Center buildings on fire. Or dressed as a newly released concentration camp prisoner. Or a domestic violence victim with a black eye. Or...you get the drift.

I'm not sure some things EVER become funny. Ebola. NOT funny.

 

[MMtwo]

poor idea, not funny

 

[JillyC]

Yes. Not in good taste at all. But then again, I can think of a lot of Halloween costumes that are in poor taste.

 

[baby monster]

Lots of Halloween costumes are in poor taste like the costume below which came out couple of years ago.

 

[monarch64]

I used to know this couple who purposely came in costumes that were controversial to a friend's party every year. One year it was Steve Irwin and his wife, the year or two before that it was John and Loretta Bobbitt. (She carried a jar with an appendage in it and wore a nightgown covered in blood...)

Halloween is not my favorite. I'm not into all the spooky stuff and the crappy costumes. But I love fall and anything that goes along with a harvest theme.

 

[lambskin]

Adult Halloween costumes have reflected the times and current events. We should not assume that a college kid wearing this costume has the intent of targeting and insulting Ebola victims.

 

[VRBeauty]

It would be about as funny as dressing as a member of ISIS/ISIL.

Adult Halloween costumes have reflected the times and current events. We should not assume that a college kid wearing this costume has the intent of targeting and insulting Ebola victims.

We all know that college students don't always use their heads, often think mostly of themselves, and seem to like to go for the shock value. I hope that mature adults would know better than to get attention by capitalizing on something that is causing grief for so many.

Yup, I'll cop to my it. I should dress up as a nanny!

 

[kenny]

Yep. Poor taste. It would be equivalent to someone showing up at a costume party in Oct 2001 (or any October really), dressed as one of the World Trade Center buildings on fire.
NOT funny.

It would be even more not funny for mom and dad to dress up as the two burning towers, while their two kids wearing commercial jet costumes run around the room into mom and dad.
Not funny.

 

[kenny]

This one's pretty bad.
What is it about Halloween that makes some people go bonkers?

 

[VRBeauty]

So Kenny - what's your take on it? I an ebola-themed costume in poor taste?

 

[Guilty Pleasure]

I wouldn't have a problem with this costume. But I also think people are making way too big of a deal out of ebola in America and would see this costume not as poking fun at the people who have died, but as commentary on the media and politicians sensationalizing this and the American public who are falling for it.

 

[kenny]

So Kenny - what's your take on it? I an ebola-themed costume in poor taste?

Yes, and I get a chuckle out of many things that I feel are in poor taste even that pedo priest costume pic that hit the Internet a few years ago.
I'll resist the temptation to post it, but anyone can google it up.

We are all funny.
Humor about stuff that I hold dear is funny too.
My sense of humor is more liberal than my politics.

 

[arkieb1]

Hmmmm, I think it is in poor taste, and I usually have a very dark sense of humour....

 

[Gypsy]

This one's pretty bad.
What is it about Halloween that makes some people go bonkers?

Wow. That's. Something.

 

[LaraOnline]

Yes. Not in good taste at all. But then again, I can think of a lot of Halloween costumes that are in poor taste.

The entire occasion is a festival of poor taste, is it not??!

 

[stracci2000]

Yes. Not in good taste at all. But then again, I can think of a lot of Halloween costumes that are in poor taste.

The entire occasion is a festival of poor taste, is it not??!

I agree with LaraOnline. I dislike the whole macabre them of it all.
My sister and I would watch old horror movies on TV when I was very young, and I think it messed me up for life.
I have always hated masks and anything gory.

 

[momhappy]

It's Halloween, which is obviously not meant to be taken seriously. Costumes that might be considered in poor taste don't bother me at all. If I don't like a particular costume, then I wouldn't wear it - simple as that. As far as what other folks wear, that's their prerogative.

 

[telephone89]

I wouldn't have a problem with this costume. But I also think people are making way too big of a deal out of ebola in America and would see this costume not as poking fun at the people who have died, but as commentary on the media and politicians sensationalizing this and the American public who are falling for it.

I agree. I don't think it's in poor taste, but perhaps pushing the boundaries a bit. I find so many costumes these days are doing just that, and wouldn't be more offended at this costume than say, a dead baby costume or whatever.

 

[kenny]

The entire occasion is a festival of poor taste, is it not??!

Yes, when you get candy with poor taste.

 

[lambskin]

I think a costume depicting the victims of Ebola rather than the Hazmat suit is more in poor taste. A few years back my 4th grader dressed up as a Toddlers and Tiaras kid (one year before the costume went viral) and the teachers thought it was a riot and the Moms thought it was horrible. I think a broader trend that adult costumes are getting 'sexier' for women and I question that message more than a Hazmat suit.