[fanfan]

My take is that the guy is still shading the truth a bit - he says that he was so intoxicated that he has no recollection of peeing on the memorial, but a bit later he says that he remembers thinking that it was just a simple rock.

Those are two different guys.

[A. Goodwin]

I missed that (Conservative in NYC pointed it out to me upthread). In that case, I'm much more willing to accept the apologies at face value.