Flesh-eating falsehoods but no apology?

A retraction is not an apology.

National Review's Jonah Goldberg succinctly explains the difference in a discussion of Randall Robinson's "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers" tale today.

Our favorite part:

One of the great ironies here is that, like most people, I first heard of Robinson thanks to his various hunger strikes. His most recent one was in 1994 when he went 27 days without food to restore Haitian “democracy.” His fast is widely credited for changing Clinton-administration policy. Perhaps this gave Robinson some special insight into the black man’s willingness to break the final taboo? (One doesn’t want to think that this wealthy lawyer-activist thinks only the poor black folk eat the dead). Perhaps the rule among his entourage was "Keep your hands and feet away from Randall’s mouth." Democracy is one thing. But even Jean Bertrand Aristide might draw back a nub if he got too close.

Heh.