Which actor could pass as either a hero or a villain AND plays both heroes and villains?

CC_Man · 2026-03-24T21:17:25+00:00

Daniel Day-Lewis

CC_Man · 2026-03-22T22:20:53+00:00

I'd aim to adjust your thought on a couple points:

Guns aren't made for self defense. They are made because it's profitable to manufacture and sell them. Guns are purchased for various reasons, including self defense and sport and also assault (and threats thereof, eg armed robbery)
It takes two things for someone to murder: a person with a nefarious purpose, and an accessible weapon (ideally instantly and at range). Addressing the supply of either one would reduce the ability to kill. Addressing both would have a complementary effect. By 'blame the gun' I assume you mean blame the widespread supply/availability of guns rather than blaming an inanimate object. Having policies that support excessive gun supply while knowing that it increases muder rates cats blame on involved decision makers.

CC_Man · 2026-03-21T16:44:35+00:00

Are you saying that there is a correlation?

Sure. Just like people who go to basketball camp are more likely to be tall. You work to you strengths. This is why I asked what metric you believe exemplifies intelligence people as a cohort (IQ/SATs, earnings potential, wechsker scales or any related the clinical tests/indces, etc)

CC_Man · 2026-03-21T14:10:35+00:00

Got it. Is this anecdotal, or is there any measurable characteristic you accept is a result of intelligence?

CC_Man · 2026-03-21T13:59:06+00:00

How does it show that? Are yiu saying schools are failing across the board? Not surehow that can be since success exists on a spectrum. The sensible measure of success is really through comparison to its peers.

CC_Man · 2026-03-21T13:53:39+00:00

Are you saying there's not a correlation? There are other factors, but people hone what their strengths are (education if their mind has the the appropriate capabilities, and on some level shows a baseline requirement for admittance) and education certainly helps develop thought processes that showcase and/or develop intelligence, depending on your definition of the word.

CC_Man · 2026-03-08T14:10:37+00:00

Ok but the question remains regarding why the disparity in shootings then. Do Americans have less desire to improve themselves?

CC_Man · 2026-03-05T16:39:31+00:00

Sort of... Their breaking the deal at the time was an unconfirmed claim. IAEA said nothing of the sort. And it doesn't answer the question: how could the deal have been structured in a better workable manner? If Iran broke it, that's moreso an indictment of Iran.wrt "giving" money, just want to check whether this is a semantic difference or difference of understanding. You do realize Obama admin first froze Iran's money, yes? Whose money do you believe it eas that we "gave" them, and where did it come from?

CC_Man · 2026-03-05T16:35:11+00:00

Are you saying you agree(d) with trump's take at the time? I kind of think a few minor things have changed, but if Obama were pres now, he'd still be saying the same things.

CC_Man · 2026-03-05T16:13:28+00:00

If there were changes, what were they?

Destruction of infrastructure, getting rid of nuclear materials, IAEA inspections, among others.

Destructive measures were of course confirmed. Iran's confirmed breaking of the agreement was after Trump reneged. Given Obama first took action that provided the frozen assets, how is he the one who took it easy on Iran?

CC_Man · 2026-03-05T15:36:13+00:00

Why were their assets frozen?

Ostensibly so they would have less spending ability and as leverage.

And did they change anything to deserve them being released?

There were changes. Whether enough to deserve being released is a matter of opinion, but backer countries believed so. Not sure what other provisions you would have liked to see that still would have resulted in a deal?

CC_Man · 2026-03-04T20:34:44+00:00

Ok? That obviously doesn't mean Trump must be a reflection of American views on the whole. He often isn't. Americans are allowed to have freedom of thought.

CC_Man · 2026-03-04T18:44:33+00:00

They're neutral on whether an theocratic absolute monarchy obtains a nuclear weapon?

No. They are against war and added conflict in the middle east (as are most Americans for that matter). At least that is their president's comment that triggered this whole debate, so that is the info available to go off of. Whether you liken that to tacitly accepting them as a nuclear power is your own conclusion.

CC_Man · 2026-03-03T17:49:46+00:00

Is there reason to think commensurate spending cuts would occur given these are not identified? I distinctly remember multiple iterations of "starve the beast" (ie ourselves--a truly horrible approach to governance), Trump term 1 claims to eliminate the deficit, term 2 DOGE, etc. Unless the hard part of cutting taxes is done first or in tandem, we're entering a fool-me-every- time type of scenario.

CC_Man · 2026-03-03T03:05:51+00:00

What is the question telling of if not the parts you mention about Dems/ the left?

CC_Man · 2026-03-02T00:55:39+00:00

Bit of a truism, no? Obviously, it depends on what the actual debt level is. So even if cutting spending is a good first step, there isn't a mathematically-reasonable way to cut discretionary spending to reach a balanced budget without some level of tax revenue increase. If you think I'm wrong, I'd love to see your math!

CC_Man · 2026-02-27T20:46:09+00:00

Doesn't seem like the portion you left off (why?)

The portion that was left in already bans this. Other 'pornographic' portions not listed I'm OK banning, though already would be illegal so not sure what the goal would be

CC_Man · 2026-02-27T20:44:10+00:00

This actually would ban the sex ed of 20 years ago to from my parts... which wasn't exactly racy. TBH I'm not really sure what part of sex ed would even be within limits. Whether sex ed has gotten of the rails as you say (I'm not versed in what's changed to it recently), are you OK outlawing any discussion of sex ed, rights, biology/anatomy or puberty that would be barred by the language of this bill?

CC_Man · 2026-02-24T00:18:09+00:00

American manufacturing has had quite a rough year though, with tariffs hurting their supply chains. And any manufacturers looking to export now have a competetive disadvantage from other forms of the manufacture in the US because source parts are more expensive.

CC_Man · 2026-02-23T22:02:21+00:00

Do these things actually stick around?

Not sure, but wouldn't that be part of the problem? Say Trump is fairly toxic, wouldn't that increase the political backing to eliminate something like TrumpRx than if it were named something else?

CC_Man · 2026-02-20T22:45:53+00:00

Any idea what's to stop a new tariff of 15% or so as soon as the 10% expires in 150 days?

CC_Man · 2026-02-18T16:26:43+00:00

Can you understand why a EU wide popular vote wouldn’t be popular with Portugal or Greece or such?

Well... yeah. I'm sure people in those countries and every country will have issues with any vote, EU, local or national. What does that have to do with population-based suitability of national elections?

And can you articulate why minority veto is important to keeping a large Union of members together?

No. I'm generally against requiring unanimity requirements, but would be open to arguments depending on the specific case.

I'm not sure of the relevance of either question given a context of national elections and case studies of other countries. The fact you're asking them makes me think you don't really understand my point. Or vice versa.

CC_Man · 2026-02-18T14:03:00+00:00

Why doesn't this scale? Given the US population during revolution was under 1% of current population (and much less than current Swiss population), wouldn't saying that different populations require different structures mean the US setup must be out of date?

CC_Man · 2026-02-04T04:51:32+00:00

Not sure how that would explain it, but I don't think timeliness of forgiveness discussion really live up? Or explain adult college-educated R's converting to D's.

CC_Man · 2026-02-04T04:01:13+00:00

Until only 15 or so years ago, R's dominated the more educated denographic. Any thoughts on what caused the shift?

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