Grey's' doctor is in "treatment"

Ok. This is a little ridiculous. How do the Pete Doherty's and Kate Moss' of the world coke-up, get arrested, etc. etc., and keep perfectly healthy and incredibly profitable careers, but when someone makes a – gasp! – derogatory comment, it involves multiple public apologies, getting “treatment” and performing community service with those supposedly harmed by the remark?

If everyone had to do this every time they made a remark in the heat of anger (or drunk – sorry mel) the world would have one hell of an unemployment rate – we’d all be in therapy for eight hours a day and moonlighting at our community service work. Seriously, why isn't crotch-flashing, child-neglecting Britney Spears volunteering at some daycare center somewhere? (ok, yeah, I wouldn’t want her taking care of my kids, either…)