Of course not. We must however be reminded in the West that weakness is not the same as goodness and that all the pontificating on virtues doesn't matter if your society can be dominated by another (ie. Athens losing to Sparta). My problem with the article and your response is the notion that anyone interested in the (supposed) military capability of the Spartans are de facto Nazis, when in fact it might just be interesting history we can still learn from. There's a saying about babies and bathwater or something.