ritual, or spintale?

I don't know why people are so judgmental and subjective sometimes. Let's just take the recent money losing incident that has been happening in our class. Few days ago, X lost her money that she had left in her wallet and today, Y also lost some money, but compared to X's losses, it was way much lesser.

that's not the point. the point is: Why are people so readily pointing fingers at one another?

I could only come up with a few reasons:

1. He/She has a history or was rumored to have stolen something before.
However cliche that sounds, people nowadays are still judging others based on their ignorance and not because they find the person plain suspicious. I've spoken to quite a few classmates and they already have a list of who are their prime "suspects", and most of them are known to have a history of stealing. But is it fair to those people whom you've suspected just because they only stolen something once? For all you know, they may have turn over a new leaf. Let bygones be bygones. Aren't they taught a lesson already? Shouldn't you try and accept their past and live with who they are NOW and not what they were BEFORE?

2. He/She bear grudges with you and is seeking revenge.
Fair enough. But that doesn't give you the license to point fingers too. Heated arguments are bound to happen sometimes, but that doesn't mean the person has to get back at you by stealing your money. There are a hundred and one ways the person can get back at you. It's just a matter of CHOICE. And seriously I don't see the need for anyone to steal money as a form of revenge UNLESS the person is in need of money, which takes us to the next point:

3. He/She is in need of money and feels ashamed to seek help.
Possible, but lacks evidence. Yes, you may have heard of someone recently who is facing some financial problems and needs money, but do you know whether the problem is solved? Do you know whether he/she is still in need of money? Do you know whether he/she has gotten the money needed? All this may seem secondary to you, but it matters a lot to he/she and it will definitely change your point of view and divert your suspicion away from he/she IF the problem is already solved. Even if the problem is still there, it is unnecessary to start pointing fingers at that particular person. POINTING FINGERS IS TANTAMOUNT TO ACCUSING THE PERSON AND HAVING A LEVEL OF CERTAINTY IN YOUR SUSPICION.

I guess what all of us should do now is not to point fingers but to raise our own awareness of our surrounding and people and to always be on the lookout for actions that are deem suspicious.

Till now, it is still sort of unclear whether the money was really stolen, was it a prank, or was it just a hoax? At least someone saw that X had left the money in her wallet. but what about Y? There was no witness. Maybe all of us have been drawn into a never-ending spintale - like going around in circles. Nobody knows.