Hmm interesting take. Total blind trust it sounds like. I hope EOS gives the happy ending everyone is expecting. Because if they don't put out like expected, then all buyers will be left holding a worthless, non-transferable token.
And reminds me a bit of doublespeak :

“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984

Or I could just be paranoid. I love how everyone is like you got to trust people but then at the same time we hear about one scam after another. In fact everyone that signed up for the eos.io distribution list probably got an email saying the same to beware of scammers. And to you I say who knows who the real scammers are 🤔 🤥
https://steemit.com/eos/@cmh/eos-io-could-it-be-a-hoax-scam-token
Now lets be honest, if you think you can trust me, 😉 EOS is most likely not a scam and like you mention it is all legalese. Could be, but that gets people complacent and lazy to just read a black and white agreement that clearly means the opposite, or near to, of everything it states in an unspoken understood way such as the John and the undercover cop. Oh wait where did that scenario come from. Oh yeah if you are US do not try to buy, (unwritten doublespeak meaning: US definitely go ahead and buy) or not. Totally confused and no longer excited about this token pre-sale or whatever it is. It will last a year anyway so lets see how it plays out.