All I'm saying (in my defense of poor Smeagol) is that most of you will excuse Bilbo and Frodo's bad behavior by blaming the ring. But, you won't do that for Smeagol. Kind of double standard, don't you think?
But mostly what Smeagol has going for him (and I recognize that he is a villan) is that he is hysterical. He makes me laugh, and if you make me laugh, I'm not so apt to judge you harshly.
But that wouldn't have blinded me to his faults and the danger Smeagol represented.