Mr Smith: In the same vain: Take people, the so called Afro-American that now is, was not evil and bad either. After all it was a different way to see the other side of the world and how the other side lives.

So I suppose you agree that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a "good guy" and doesn't mean any harm with his threats to destroy the Zionist Enemy and wipw Israel of the face of the map? May I remind you that this was the attitude of the Jews in Germany in the 1930's!

What on earth is naivette? Naivety, naiveté? If you can't spell it don't use it.

I think he was misquoted. Says at the top he said "Hitler was good". What it seems he says in his quote is that "Hitler thought he was doing good." I don't think the Fresh Prince of Bel Air is a Hitler admirer people, relax.

See the full interview here: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/2007/12/22/will-smith-my-work-ethic-will-make-me-a-legend-86908-20262460/ As you can see, Mr. Smith is never quoted as saying that Hitler was essentially good. Rather, his point is that, generally speaking, even the most destructive and hateful people usually believe that their beliefs and actions are justified or even righteous.

and Hitler should not take the blame alone for the Holocaust. Most of the money the Nazis got to start World War II came from wealthy Jews and Christians from America. Bush, Harriman, Warburg, Ford, Rockefeller, Baruch, Dillion etc., all helped financed Hitler and the Nazis. Wall Street alone raised $826,400,000 so that the Germans would be able to go to war. The rich profited from the conflict while the poor died on the battlefields.

I am a son of Holocaust Survivors who grew up without grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins because of Hitler's "misguided" intentions. Therefore I take great personal offense to Will Smith's views in his interview with a Scottish newspaper (assuming he was quoted correctly). I suggest that Mr. Smith read Hitler's Mein Kampf, learn about the Nuremberg race laws, Jesse Owens vs. Hitler at the 1936 Olympics and the Wansee conference where the final solution was initiated and then see if he still has the same opinion about Hitler. Mr Smilth should also realize that Hitler's racial laws didn't just apply to Jews. They also applied to anyone with skin darker than the Aryan race. Had he been living in a country controlled by the Nazi regime during WWII he would have been one of the first scheduled for annihilation by Hitler's henchmen.

This is just a stupid and arrogant comment by an individual who thinks he possesses the capability to engage in intellectual discourse, but who clearly does not.

there may be some truth in smith's stupid words - ie, just as a suicide bomber thinks he is doing "good" and an "islamic mitzvah", or that ahmadinejad sees himself as righteous,fighting evil, or even binkaden thinks Alla is onhis side, so the Nazis belived whatthey were doing was the righ thing - now that doesn't alter a war crime. Better read what he said in context, in case it hasnt been reported properly

here is an exact extract of what Smith said: Remarkably, Will believes everyone is basically good. "Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'let me do the most evil thing I can do today'," said Will. "I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good'. Stuff like that just needs reprogramming. --------- Ie, hitler dint realize he was evil, but thougth he was right.. had he been reprogrammed, and just been an artist he would have been good.. i disagree with what smith says, but i dont think he is condoning anything hitler did.

Shame he said that. It shows utter ignorance.

Hitler was essentially good. Will Smith did not say that. Journalists like you are pathetic and a disgrace.

he did not say that he loves what hitler's did he just say that hitler was think himself a good person will smith is a good smart person and i love him

dummies without benefit of real history being taught in our public schools. Maybe Will Smith should visit the holocaust memorial and THEN make a statement. He sounds like he may be an admirer of Louis Farakan, another crazy for hitler. Certainly we can do a better job of education these dummies before they embarass themselves and our nation with their idiotic statements. Some movie star may next praise the benefits of slavery....... Probably not Will Smith. Mel Gibson, perhaps?

Stop apologizing for this dim wit. If he didn't weigh his words first, that HIS problem. He ruined his own career ( at least with Jews, many blacks remember, love Farakan the bigot and American Islamic leader) Ignorance is still that and this one jumped to make an ass of himself. Most "stars' have handlers and PR people, this jerk could have used an army of brains to stop the idiot from any comment that excuses the behavior of the monster Hitler was. Perhaps you agree with him or, you may need a refresher course in anti semitism. FYI- Hitlers physician said Hitler had advanced syphilis, another reason for insanity. Study the man Hitler and you'll find a head filled with sickness directed towards his own people. Until then, please don't apologize for another successful dummy. Thank you and Shalom

And every criminal has a feeble excuse for crimes. EVERY ONE !

Not always so, Willy. Some actors have brains and DO good work. Right now, I'm thinking Angelina Joley and Brad Pitt. (There was also a Lady named Audrey Hepburn.) They live in New Orleans and Pitt is raising millions to finally offer some aid( building houses and he gave 1 mil personally) to those forgotten by Bush. While I agree entertainers should entertain, some actually do have brains and do good things. In WW11 most Hollywood actors spent hours to give benefits for Americans to buy US bonds to help fund the war. Perhaps you're too young to remember? Pity Will Smith isn't one of them. Today, actors, entertainers are remembered by Britney no pants Spears and her ilk who make Hollywood seem a moral hell hole. But, then, so does the internet.

I´m getting sick of all those prominent people, who scrabble in history and honor Hitler or other historic dictators and mass murderers. Why don´t you just shut the f*ck up? Do you really have nothing better to do? Live and enjoy your life and keep your nose out of stuff you´ve no idea of and which can insult an entire group of people. Reminds me of those female German TV moderator, who said that tha 3rd Reich also had had positive aspects. The German central television fired her immediately and it was the only right thing to do! Why can´t you all just shut up and live your life? not smart enough? Apparently Will Smisth has been forogotten for the past time and wants to freshen up himself in the public...that way he´ll definitely gain a lot of public attention, yet such statements can cost him his career...

stupid.....

I am not saying celebs or sport-stars or whatever should cover their heads and not do anything apart from their profession. What makes you think that? However, having brains does not mean having a reasonable opinion about everything. Aren't there enough books and scholars out there we can ask about a specific topic? Why do we have to know what Madonna or Pete Sampras think about unemployment politics or the latest round of European Union enlargement? I also wouldn't ask Steven Hawking about the latest improvement in body-bulding literature. But coming from a country where b-movie stars can become presidents and govenors you may not be used to the concept of specialisation. Ah and BTW: "WW 11" : There was only two world wars so far. But maybe you're too old to still remember?

The judgement that Hitler was evil takes having some moral compass. Presumably no one could possilbly think that racial based mass murder was OK, even though Hitler is one of many to have thought otherwise. Look at all the Israelis queing up to release Barghrouti. Look at the Israelis who trumpted expelling people from their homes in Gush Katif. No moral compass and the rationalization of evil.

No, Mr. Smith. He was essentially evil, in fact, the embodiment of it. In fact he did not have to ask himself "What is the most evil thing I can do today?" because it came to him as easily as your naivete comes to you. Boycott Will Smith? No. Just needs some "reprogramming". Maybe The Evil one's close relatives the skinheads, or the KKK or the myriad of haters are up for it.

And promote your films? Trying for a bigger share of the Arab/Holocaust denier Market Share? If you meant that comment seriously, you need something money and fame can't give: a year or two in Auschwitz, The Evil One's summer vacation camp.

The slave owners in America thought they were doing good to the African Slaves, who they bought and sold. Slave overseers were authorized to whip and brutalize non-compliant slaves; it was just for their own good, right, Mr. Smith? In addition to physical abuse and murder, slaves were at constant risk of losing members of their families if their owners decided to trade them for profit, punishment, or to pay debts. The slave owners thought they were doing good, right Mr. Smith. It was Ok for enslaved black women to be raped by their owners, right Mr. Smith? Maybe, you need to spare some time from your busy schedule and read some history on the Holocaust. But I doubt that could read? And if you do know how to read maybe you should read Mein Kampf, you could purchase the book from the “White Arian Race” organization.