I think there are discussions to be had about #1 and #2, but #3, to me, is unequivocally no.
Which goes back to my answers for 1 & 3. You want to change someone else? Then you have the responsibility to change them all the way, permanently. Whatever that takes.
If you can't stomach finishing the job - don't start. You want to free all the slaves? Then you fix the economy, and you require the freedman to inegrate. You don't allow them to integrate. You take responsibility for them 100% or 0%.
Lincoln saw how this issue was divisive and by winning the war he created a stronger unified country out of the ashes. Yes he was justified.
As I said: "Western society should never accept it because that is not our culture". No, anyone coming to the USA and Canada should not practice female genital mutilation but be careful of who you bring into Canada and the USA because for all you know, you'll end up with an Abramohammed Laham who fights to make female genital mutilation legal. Hence why it's important to close the borders and build a unified culture where values such as these wouldn't potentially come about.
Some cultures keep slaves, even today. Should we just let them?
The American South had their own culture, and they had slaves too. Was Abraham Lincoln wrong to fight to free the slaves?
Some immigrants living in Canada and the USA want to practice female genital mutilation. Should we just respect their culture and allow their cruelty?
I think there are discussions to be had about #1 and #2, but #3, to me, is unequivocally no.
Which goes back to my answers for 1 & 3. You want to change someone else? Then you have the responsibility to change them all the way, permanently. Whatever that takes.
If you can't stomach finishing the job - don't start. You want to free all the slaves? Then you fix the economy, and you require the freedman to inegrate. You don't allow them to integrate. You take responsibility for them 100% or 0%.
Nothing wrong with other cultures keeping slaves.
Lincoln saw how this issue was divisive and by winning the war he created a stronger unified country out of the ashes. Yes he was justified.
As I said: "Western society should never accept it because that is not our culture". No, anyone coming to the USA and Canada should not practice female genital mutilation but be careful of who you bring into Canada and the USA because for all you know, you'll end up with an Abramohammed Laham who fights to make female genital mutilation legal. Hence why it's important to close the borders and build a unified culture where values such as these wouldn't potentially come about.