MT: “Whose Circus It Was” Response

Reread this excerpt from Mark Twain’s letters and answer the following questions as a reply to this post.
Do you think it is right for people to impose their religious beliefs on other people? Is it justified when customs and practices are considered “barbaric” and “savage”? Explain your answer in the comment section below. Please start your comment with a heading (first last name, block). Remember, you are writing for an audience, so be thoughtful and thorough in your response.

Excerpt: WHOSE CIRCUS IT WAS

“It is reported that the King has said: “The foreigners like their religion – let them enjoy it, and freely. But the religion of my fathers is good enough for me.” Now that is all right. At least I think so. And I have no fault to find with the natives for the lingering love they feel for their ancient customs. But I do find fault with Bishop Staley for reviving those customs of a barbarous age at a time when they had long been abandoned and were being forgotten – when one more generation of faithful adherence to the teachings of the American missionaries would have buried them for ever and made them memories of the past – things to be talked of and wondered at, like the old laws that made it death for a plebeian to stand erect in the presence of his king, or for a man to speak to his wife on a tabu day – but never imitated.”
The Sacramento Daily Union, July 30, 1866

Honolulu, June 30, 1866.(Source- http://www.twainquotes.com/18660730u.htm)