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I like the points MichaelVH and d*d made. Of course, it's important to use one's own judgement on these things, otherwise one's judgements are always going to be heteronomous and not autonomous. But one's personal experience is always limited and parochial, and it's foolishness not to try to learn from the many very intelligent and wise people who have come before us.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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