Yes! Whatever works to feel lucky is the key! Which is why we have so many superstitions and lucky something or other to give us comfort!

Having that conversation would be the epitome of playing Devil's advocate... I can imagine someone going up to Jackie and saying "I can't believe you were a terrorist" and Jackie would reply "I still am" everyone would be shocked or misunderstand that and he would say "well, what makes a terrorist? Small groups attacking the established governing body? We do that here too"
And then the discussion would get into morals and those which make very hard to argue about something from a theoretical point of view when it hits close to home.

I think that for Daniel to trust Methos with his identity he would have to have known him for a long time and trusted him a lot, because he wouldn't risk it otherwise or put his friend on the spot. it would such a fun interview, especially if it was being recorded and so had to be at least semi serious. I wondered if there was a cannon explanation for it but since it is just fannon I am free to imagine that one day Dr.Jackson will pack up and join his friend Dr.Danielson in Atlantis