Dette natlige valg, der er blevet vurderet i store træk uden nogen forudgående finansiel undersøgelse, ligner til en vis grad de bodsofre, der giver god samvittighed for en billig penge, og som gør det muligt at ihukomme, at Budgetudvalget således som enhver god primitiv stamme kan styre mellem totempæle og tabuer for at resumere titlen på et berømt sociologisk værk.
This late-night decision, which was handled in a dubious way, without prior financial assessment, is rather like one of those acts of atonement that give a clear conscience at minimum expense, and reminds us that like all good primitive tribes, the Committee on Budgets well knows - borrowing the title of a famous sociological work - how to navigate between totems and taboos.