CONTROVERSIAL AND / OR OFFENSIVE COSTUMES.

I don't "celebrate" Halloween (I stopped "participating" in it a while ago), but a costume is a costume (no matter the occasion that it's for) ... whether or not it's "controversial" and / or "offensive" (or even if it just *seems* that way to some people). People should try to use common sense and common courtesy and intelligent judgement when it comes to things that may actually hurt people. People should try to ask themselves: "Is this really a collective issue? Or is is just an individual issue?" Some things might really just be a personal issue, and not really a public issue. ("'Everything is permissible,' but not everything is beneficial. 'Everything is permissible,' but not everything is edifying." - 1 Corinthians 10:23.) (This is not an endorsement for Halloween. This comment is mainly just to adress the subject of [controversial and / or offensive] costumes.)