( CNN ) -- Freeze ! Step away from the stack of face masks and hazmat suits . `` What 's more topical than Ebola ? '' you 're thinking . `` It 's the perfect inspiration for a Halloween costume , right ? ! '' No . Just ... no . Using tragic current events as fodder for Halloween costumes is nothing new , but it 's often a hackneyed and insensitive choice . `` Prom night toilet baby '' was a popular costume after a spate of girls gave birth to secret babies at school , and a bloodied duo strolled into a party dressed as Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman just last year . This year , for just $ 59.99 on one costume e-tailer , sexy Ebola containment suit can be yours . Knee-slappers , right ? They might evoke a chuckle from the crasser among us , but do you really want to be the hero of the most obnoxious person at the party or , worse , the most-hated person on Twitter ? Photos have already surfaced of a bro dressed as former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice and dragging around a lifeless doll meant to stand in for domestic violence victim Janay Rice . Janay Rice , a real person with actual feelings , weighed in on the tastelessness : `` @ TMZ it 's sad , that my suffering amuses others . '' Do n't be the guy wearing the cruel , uncreative costume . Dallas is reeling from the first Ebola cases transmitted on U.S. soil . Predictably , some local resident chose to decorate his front yard as a biohazard zone . It 's unclear how the families of those who are fighting for their lives feel about the stunt , but you 'd think fellow Dallas denizens would have a little tact . `` Money ca n't buy empathy or good taste ( shaking my head ) , '' Sandra Mundie James wrote to CNN Dallas affiliate WFAA on Facebook . That about sums it up . So maybe shelve the brilliant ideas that involve dead celebrities , biohazards , missing plane passengers , terrorists and domestic abusers . Yep , it 's been a rough year , but why memorialize it around a spider-filled punchbowl at the office party ?
It 's been tragedy-filled year since Halloween : plane crashes , Ebola , domestic abuse . Topical last Halloween costumes tend to be popular but can also be tasteless and hurtful . one reveler dressed as Knee-slappers , who was kicked out of the Facebook for domestic violence . It might be wise to skip insensitive costumes in favor of more creative choices .