Smith: 'Hitler was a good person'

[waichingliu81]

By WENN world entertainment news - Sunday, December 23 11:30 am

Will Smith has stunned the world by declaring that even Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was essentially a "good" person.

The Men In Black star, 39, is determined to see the best in people, and is convinced the former German leader did not fully understand the extent of the pain and suffering his actions would cause during his time in power in the 1930s and '40s.

He says, "Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today'.

"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."

Hitler's totalitarian leadership as Fuhrer during 1934 until his eventual suicide in 1945 resulted in the persecution of an estimated six million Jews in the Holocaust, and his invasion of Poland in 1939 led to the start of the Second World War.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/wenn/200712...c60bd6d_1.html

tell that to the millions of jews, of whom were gassed to death by that egomaniac. when there's a will there is a way, and yet for will smith, this might be his biggest gaffe yet

[TJL]

Will, Will, Will...

Mel Gibson and Kramer called. They want to know if you want to join their "Why the Hell Did I Say That" Club.

[catlover79]

Say WHAT!??

[JT]

I think what he said was totally misunderstood. It's all in psychology. No one is born with sinister intentions. Criminals aren't born, they're made. No, it definitely does not change the fact that millions of innocent people were unjustly tortured and brutally murdered. That's a fact in history that should never be forgotten.

BUT, a case like Hitler's should have been used to prevent anything like it from happening again. Something happened in this man's life, something affected him in such a way to turn him against people. It's much too easy to just say that he was "born that way," and that'll be the way racism and hate will continue to live on. The only way to stop this kind of evil is to figure out how it forms and what triggers it.

[Zebra 3]

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[Lee]

Originally Posted by JT

I think what he said was totally misunderstood. It's all in psychology. No one is born with sinister intentions. Criminals aren't born, they're made. No, it definitely does not change the fact that millions of innocent people were unjustly tortured and brutally murdered. That's a fact in history that should never be forgotten.

BUT, a case like Hitler's should have been used to prevent anything like it from happening again. Something happened in this man's life, something affected him in such a way to turn him against people. It's much too easy to just say that he was "born that way," and that'll be the way racism and hate will continue to live on. The only way to stop this kind of evil is to figure out how it forms and what triggers it.

Hitler was pure evil. He needed to be removed from this world. Racism and
hatred will continue to exist as long as people like him exist in this world.

[Dean Winchester]

I bet Will will be blacklisted from the industry much like Mel Gibson was

[TJL]

Originally Posted by Dean Winchester

I bet Will will be blacklisted from the industry much like Mel Gibson was

Since this story broke over this weekend when just about everyone is off on vacation, (espacially the media) this might be forgotten about by the time the week is over.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by TJL

Since this story broke over this weekend when just about everyone is off on vacation, (espacially the media) this might be forgotten about by the time the week is over.

memo to all racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic celebrities.... say what you really think on Christmas week, nobody will care to report it

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by TJL

Since this story broke over this weekend when just about everyone is off on vacation, (espacially the media) this might be forgotten about by the time the week is over.

I agree. Even big news is forgotten abt over time. Remember, Anna Nicole died in January and that was big news. Now, no one even talks abt her now.

As for Will's comment, all I can say is, no matter how Hitler came to be the way he was, he slaughtered millions of human beings and I could give a rat's ass abt that bastard. All I care abt is making sure that no one in any capacity ever does that again. I don't want to analyze Hitler's childhood, nor his teen years or anything else.

Sure Hitler didn't wake up one day and state, "Let me kill 6 million jews." But he developed his hate early on, racism is taught, however, I truly believe he was born and bred to want to maim and murder just like any other serial killer. Jeffrey Dahmer had those feelings as a child, so why not anyone else?

[Janice]

I'm sure he didn't mean to sound stupid, but it sure sounded like a stupid thing to say, to me. They just need reprogramming. Okaaay, Will. I think some people are born evil, and that not all evil is created. We see it all the time in the news, after a guy goes on a murderous spree. "He was such a nice guy. Came from such a nice family...." Some people shoot up their workplace because they lose their jobs. Makes me wonder, had they not lost their jobs, and had no other problems, would they go through life without killing a lot of people.

[Ireneparalegal]

^^^ I see we agree Janice. Some people are born "evil" plain and simple. Even Dahmer was described as being a "nice guy." Ted Bundy as well.

[JT]

Anybody can be described as a "nice guy." A guy can have a wonderful life. He can be a swinging bachelor with his whole life in front of him, an excellent job, a loving family, and loyal friends. But if none of the people around him can tell the warning signs of something wrong or if no one takes him seriously when he says he's depressed or that he doesn't know how he'll go on, a person can only take so much before they train themselves (or learn from others) that the only way to get attention is to murder. It's a horrible truth that many people are afraid to look at, and that's why serial killers and the such continue to thrive. No one wants to sit down and research the life of a serial killer. Who would want to do that? But that's why there are analysts and psychologists. You can't chalk every serial killer up to just evil. Evil comes from somewhere, even if it's as early as infancy. The more the professionals look into the lives of killers, the more people would be able to see a tragedy before it happens.

All of this is just IMO, by the way. In no way at all am I defending the likes of Hitler at all. I'm just saying...you take a kid who walks into his school and kills his entire class. And then as the story sweeps across the nation, it becomes known that that kid had been ridiculed and teased since kindergarten by those classmates. You have to wonder why no one expected him to do what he did. In no way does that make it right, but had one person put aside everything in order to help out this kid, would there have been such a tragedy? And would the world learn something from this? Or would people continue to alienate each other and treat each other like crap, only to be surprised when someone is pushed too far.

And I'm not saying that that is the case for all killers. I know it's not. I know that there are people out there who kill because they're bored. But I think it's unfair to put all killers into the same category.

[Chelsea]

Will Smith angry, says comment about Adolf Hitler misinterpreted
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES—Will Smith is angry over celebrity gossip Web site articles that he said misinterpreted a recent remark he made in a Scottish newspaper about Adolf Hitler.

In a story published Saturday in the Daily Record, Smith was quoted saying: "Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"

The quote was preceded by the writer's observation: "Remarkably, Will believes everyone is basically good."

Over the weekend, dozens of celebrity gossip Web sites posted articles about the comment, many saying that Smith believed that Hitler was a "good" person.

"It is an awful and disgusting lie," Smith said in a statement Monday provided by his publicist. "It speaks to the dangerous power of an ignorant person with a pen. I am incensed and infuriated to have to respond to such ludicrous misinterpretation."

"Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet," read the statement.

[JT]

Originally Posted by Seth

Will Smith angry, says comment about Adolf Hitler misinterpreted
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES—Will Smith is angry over celebrity gossip Web site articles that he said misinterpreted a recent remark he made in a Scottish newspaper about Adolf Hitler.

In a story published Saturday in the Daily Record, Smith was quoted saying: "Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"

The quote was preceded by the writer's observation: "Remarkably, Will believes everyone is basically good."

Over the weekend, dozens of celebrity gossip Web sites posted articles about the comment, many saying that Smith believed that Hitler was a "good" person.

"It is an awful and disgusting lie," Smith said in a statement Monday provided by his publicist. "It speaks to the dangerous power of an ignorant person with a pen. I am incensed and infuriated to have to respond to such ludicrous misinterpretation."

"Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet," read the statement.

I knew deep down that that had to have been the case. Will Smith...a Hitler fan? Who in the hell would think that?