Exactly--overbalance the scales one way or another too much--Peter is too saintly, or Peter is a sheer villain to himself--and the whole thing tips out of whack.
Time was, it was the public at large and Jonah that viewed Spider-Man as a menace in the comic. Readers were in on the dichotomy.
It's like now we're actually now being instructed to view Peter / Spider-Man as a true menace, but to himself.