Why do we care? I mean, really. Can you explain to me why I should care if Charlie Sheen snorts up all of Colombia or sets fire to his house or drives off a cliff? The ranting and raving and general lunatic behavior are supposed to cause me concern? I don't see why. He is an entertainer, right?

Yes, it's all funny. Except for the abusive stuff. Shoving a knife in your ex-wife's face, for example. That's really bad. That's the sort of thing that usually gets you some jail time.

But he hasn't spent much time in the pokey. There was his 1996 battery conviction, but he only got probation and a suspended jail sentence. Due to his conviction on similar charges last year, he should have had that suspended sentence unsuspended. Instead, he did 30 days of rehab, which apparently counts as jail time in parts of Colorado.

I haven't watched any of Sheen's recent TV appearances, and I've never seen an episode of "Two and a Half Men." I have been amused by some of the things he has said, especially his ridicule of the Hollywood "treatment" ritual. I think treatment might be more addictive than drugs for many people in Hollywood.

And I'm on Charlie's side when he says he wants to be treated like the big dog he is. He's got fame, wads of cash and most of his looks. If he wants to blow that on drugs, hookers and the like, fine by me. If he were to wash up dead on the shores of Las Vegas in a couple of weeks, I really wouldn't care. His family probably would, but that's their business. I'm a live and let live kinda guy, except when it comes to you messing up other people.

Like the abuse stuff. What that nonsense shows is that ol' Chuckles believes that he is accountable to no one. And that's his big mistake. We're all accountable to each other. That's how human societies work. We have laws to regulate our social interactions and to make life easier for most of us. The Ten Commandments is largely a social compact, and once you get past the vast ego of God, there are a few good rules in there. Don't murder people. Don't drool over your neighbor's Porsche. Don't bang someone other than your beloved. Don't steal. Don't lie. Be nice to your parents.

Good stuff. Other religions have their codes, and they also contain some good stuff--once you get past the ego of their god (or gods, depending on the faith). No matter what your god tells you, slaughtering the infidel is a bad idea.

But Charlie doesn't answer to anyone--a god, his parents, his ex-wives, whatever. Apparently, he's got enough money and enough lawyers to keep him out of jail on the domestic violence raps that come his way far too many times. But that won't last. At least it shouldn't. Allowing serial abusers--famous or not--to skirt justice is bad for society.

Hey Chuckles, if you want to take on the man or Chuck Lorre or whomever, be my guest. If you want to act like Tom Cruise on PCP, that's great. But don't attack those who are weaker than you, be they your ex-wives, your kids or some hooker you think you own. That's not cool. That's not being a man. That's being a punk (in the not-cool sense of the word).

Most of all, quit beating on people so that I can, truly, ignore whatever it is you do with your life. I don't want to pay attention to the likes of you, but this week I have been unable to get out of the way of your nonsense. Look at it this way: Screaming on TV can be funny. Screaming (and worse) at your ex-wife is not. If you drop that last part of your personality, I'll happily wish you bon voyage to Mars or wherever you wish to ferment.

Jon Worley plans to spend this week paying attention to the disaster that will be the Kansas City Royals 2011 season.