It's possible it's strict laws but I doubt it. It seems cultural. People in the west actually enjoy destroying things and being dicks for fun. Prank calls, ordering pizzas for strangers is practically a rite of passage. Nearly every teen movie has some segment about doing something bad and getting away with it (bad = destruction of someone else's property). Tagging is also seen as a rite of passage. Kicking in bathroom doors. Flushing with your shoes. Clogging toilets with paper is all seen as something that's supposed to be fun to do. Buying dresses, wearing them and taking them back is yet another rite of passage. No one considers that someone has to pay for that stuff. That by doing any of those things you're make the place you live a worse place.
> the ends do not justify the means. There's no free lunch.
> the ends do not justify the means. There's no free lunch.
What are you referring to? Source? References?