Is The Grinch Worse Than Michael Vick?

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Every year children from around the globe enjoy the 1957 children’s classic book How The Grinch Stole Christmas! or are treated to repeats of the 1966 Boris Karloff narrated animated film of the same name.

The storyline is the same in both versions, with the  protagonist, or antagonist depending on how you look at it, a Grinch, who is living on a mountain above Whoville, decides to ruin Christmas for the townsfolk by disguising himself as Santa Clause and steal all their presents on Christmas Eve.  As the story progresses, we see the Grinch commit such heinous crimes as tie an antler onto the head of his dog Max in order to disguise him as one of Santa’s reindeer; whip poor Max in order to make his sleigh go faster; (cruelty to animals) break into all the homes of the citizens of Whoville; (criminal act of entering a residence or other enclosed property through the slightest amount of force) identity theft; and vandalism.
The climax happens on Christmas morning, when the Grinch
realizes that by stealing the toys, bells, whistles, and games of Whoville he has done nothing to ruin the joyous holiday. The Grinch has had a change of heart and decides to return all the toys, bells, whistles and games to the citizens of Whoville, who all accept this newly changed Grinch. They trust him so much that they actually give him a blade and let him carve the roast beast.  Yikes! This is some scary stuff- a career criminal like The Grinch is actually rewarded for stealing and other crimes, if this were my neighborhood the Grinch would running like hell up that mountain. Imagine the end of John Carpenter’s 1978 film, Halloweenwtih a different ending. In the alternate ending, serial killer Michal Myers realizes that he was wrong in his ways of killing fornicating teenagers on Halloween night, so he decides to to sing songs to the towns people of Haddenfield. In return for Myers’ new attitude they invite the shape mask killer to cut the turkey at the local Elks’ club. That would make a great ending.
    Perhaps the town of Whoville doesn’t understand crime, and The Grinch is the first criminal they have ever seen? Imagine waking up Christmas morning to find the food, toys, presents, and not only the Christmas tree gone, but every holiday decoration stolen as well. One finds it hard to believe that nobody in Whoville would press charges against the Grinch.  The Whos are not concerned about The Grinch being in their homes late and night? Have they ever heard about home invasions? The Grinch must have the brain of Dustin Hoffman’s Rainman in order to keep track of all the gifts he returned. According to the tele-film, the Grinch returned all the toys, bells, ornaments, trees, food items and decorations to their proper places. Think about the following: Not one gift that was returned was given to the wrong house! Give me a break. Not one item of food was returned to the wrong family’s pantry? I find that hard to believe. What if the Grinch returned cashews, by accident to a resident of Whoville who was allergic to nuts? Can you say involuntary manslaughter charges? The NFL’s Michael Vick served 23 months in a federal prison for animal cruelty, but the Grinch can steal, whip Max, the dog, commit breaking and entering, and other crimes and then is asked to cut the roast beast.  Is there any justice in the world left?