61. Will if you were smart you would think before you spoke. The Poles were considered PIGS the Jews were lowere they were considered Vermin and last but not least BLACK People were considered animals that can be trained but no taught. But hey Mr. Hitler is a wonderful man. Please dont be so stupid with all the money you have educate yourself.

Posted at 2:21PM on Dec 24th 2007 by never again

62. This is so sad. Hitler was a maniac that murdered millions of people. I wish I could understand what he was trying to say, but I just can't. So sad.

Posted at 2:22PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Poetical

63. I think Mr. Smith meant that Hitler didn't think he was doing anything wrong even though the rest of us know that Hitler was committing atrocities and completely insane--that's what makes a person insane: when they damage society (an understatement) and claim that they are "doing the right thing"!!!

Posted at 2:22PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Trying to Understand

64. When did America become so intolerant?? Nowadays it seems everthing is politicaly incorrect when anything can be taken the wrong way. Read a little people, Hitler was indeed a monster and he commited genocide. But in order to do that he had to have a lot of people follow him. He was first a politician, He was elected. He maniplated people to do things against their nature. That to me is an EVIL genious. I agree with Will, I think in Hitler's mind he had the right idea, HE WAS WRONG, But he was great at manipulating people. Now Jews will want to crucify me for saying this, Im not excusing Hitler and I dont Think Will Smith was doing so either. Its just history.

Posted at 2:23PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Cristina

65. Uh I thought Jewish people didn't complain, well according to Adrianne Curry they don't. HAHAHA!!! I heard that Hitler had syphilis and it damaged his brain.

Posted at 2:24PM on Dec 24th 2007 by rebetta

66.
Here is The statement so yo won't have to take HArvey's word for it!!!

"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.

Posted at 2:26PM on Dec 24th 2007 by meager

67. Wow this is really being blown out of proportion. I actually think he made a rather astute observation. I don't think many evil people are able to see themselves or their deeds as evil. They are warped and twisted and usually use some form of backwards logic as a means of justification for their actions. That's just a fact. People like this are mentally ill and do not share the same world view as most rational, normal humans. He is not justifying or glorifying anything Hitler did, he is only saying in all likelyhood Hitler did not see what he was doing as evil....if he did, he probably would not have gone as far as he did.

Posted at 2:28PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Cosmicbaby

68. Talk about over reaction. He did not say Hitler was groovy just that in his screwed up mind he thought he was doing something right. Political correctness has become synonymous with stupidity.

Posted at 2:28PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Starr

69. LMAOOOOOOOO @ Gerald Ford's "I Like Turtles" comment!

Will Smith was an idiot for say that. Very similar to Marge Schott's comments. This will be a bump in his career. He's very respected overall!

Posted at 2:28PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Jerome Melgar

70. "Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it." How do you stop the next hitler? By understanding the first Hitler. What Smith said was to the point, those that commit heinous crimes do not share that perspective. They have rationalized it, justified it and become defensive about their actions. He was not praising Hitler he was speaking to the pathology of his creation.

PS: I new some wanker would get to comparing Bush to Hitler, I truly hope that those of you make those statements cannot procreate.

PPS: To all the racists.....Will Smith is smarter, more successful and happier that you will ever be because anyone who holds those views spends their time blaming others for their failures. .

Posted at 2:29PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Winben

71. If Hitler is not that bad, I would like to know who Will Smith thinks is really bad. What a moronic comment to make for someone who is in the public eye. I suppose he thinks Bin Laden is bad either. Maybe Will should have a couple of drinks with Mel Gibson and talk about their ignorance and stupidity. Happy Hanuka Will!

Posted at 2:30PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Mark Schlig

72. I like(ed) Will Smith,his family and their appearances and "values," before this. I am hoping it was one of those thoughts that he should have contimplated more about before he spoke. I wonder if he is aware that amongst the 6 million Jewish people, more than 1.5 were CHILDREN, and besides the 6 million Jewish, there were blacks, gypsies and anyone else killed that wasn't a blonde haired blue eyes Arian type.
Personally, I choose to give him an opportunity to rectify his thinking, and I did not feel the same way about Mel Gibson, who I truly believe IS an anti-semite.

Posted at 2:30PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Paula

73. It's not about Hitler being a mad genuis and his ability to influence people. Hate is hate. Look at some of the comments on this board. There are enough hateful people out there just waiting for someone like Hitler with the same ideology and the power to act upon it. If the President woke up one day and decided he wanted to eradicate a certain group simply because he didn't like them, he would have volunteers out of his behind. There are just evil people in the world and to justify their actions as being "mentally ill" is an insult to people who truly are mentally ill. Now if evidence appeared that suggested Hitler wore aluminum foil helmets and thought the Jews were aliens sent down to overcome the earth, THAT would be mentally ill.

Posted at 2:31PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Gettin_Jiggy_Wit_it

74. Smith-Hitler never applied for any college and was not offered an MIT anything let alone free ride. He has lied & said he was admitted to a pre-engineering course of study - & you know how racist ones tend to pervert the truth. Clearly Hitler had a pact with the devil-occult-mythology-satan - & Smith shows how low class people can be this fabulous holiday season.

Posted at 2:32PM on Dec 24th 2007 by J

75. Wow. The ADL is a nasty bunch. Will simply tried to explain the psyche of Hitler. Any actor worth his salt will examine a character's psyche. Not everyone who does bad things does them because he perceives those things as bad. George Bush commits genocide on a daily basis, and the debate about his intentions are ongoing. Personally I'd give Hitler more credit for having good intentions than I would give to George Bush, who seems to be a Zionist hand puppet.

Posted at 2:32PM on Dec 24th 2007 by Petunia