To pick an extreme example, should you steal something that's lying out in the open in a dodgy area because someone else will if you don't? Some things you do for yourself, and an action isn't required to have an effect for it to be moral.
The advantage to the company with rewards is they get to keep your money while you think about how to spend it and you might never spend it. See gift cards & book tokens too, what a scam.
I hate to break it to you but we need all the time we can get. Also a rotting tree doesn't completely turn into gas, some of the carbon (I think 30%?) goes into the soil.
The whole concept of boarding school is strange really, I can't image that the products of it are healthy & balanced.. Being away from your family for so long so young can't be a good thing, I would have thought.
Can you supply some suggestions for further reading? That makes a lot of sense, I've had the same nagging question for some years now. I would be more relaxed if I could just blame the aristos and it wasn't something innate to our culture...
Finding a steam roller seemed to be harder than it sounds, but I feel like if the estate of Terry Pratchett asked for it they would find someone willing to fire one up for the sake of his final wish.
Regardless of whether they mean to, if it's shown in the EU they're obliged to follow the rules. You can't just decide they don't apply to you. Some sites just plain don't show to EU customers or present a very paired down set of pages for this reason.