Agreed. While I maintain that if someone fucks with me, they will die, I don't go around killing without reason or cause.
A little fear is healthy, it tends to keep most people from rising against you. Too much fear, though, and you can't really govern effectively because people are too afraid to tell you what they really think. I don't need to be surrounded by people who only say yes to me. I welcome a differing viewpoint. Within reason, of course.