Meopilite, congratulations on your new acquisition. Keep us informed how your canoeing hobby progresses -- assuming H2O ever returns to liquid form in the upper midwestern USA.
Back to asking questions about legal subjects.
Sure, one can ask them here. Sure, one can and will get responses. The question is how reliable and accurate will those responses be, and how wise is it to rely on those responses from anonymous individuals when there are more authoritative sources available. I have three law degrees and have been licensed in four states, and can tell you that the answers to many legal questions are not only highly fact-dependent but will vary from state to state. Some of the responses in this thread and in the tax thread, for example, are simply wrong in many jurisdictions.
To put this in context, let's move to subject areas where the membership here is authoritative: canoeing. Is there ever agreement? A right answer?
For example, the following questions are asked on canoe forums thousands of times every year, and pretty much receive the following types of answers from us canoeing authorities:
What's the best canoe for me to buy? ----> mass cacophony
What's the best type of paddle? ------> flat out contradictions
What's necessary to bring on a canoe trip? ------> war
Given this state of canoeing advice chaos, is it really wise to rely on us for help with one's legal, medical or love life? (The answers to this question, too, are likely to be ... uh ... rich in diversity.)
