COMMENT | Of outriders and resentment

COMMENT | We’ve now seen more than one video showing what appears to be ambulances being stopped on the road, essentially to give way to VIP convoys.

The response on the internet has been understandably angry. Many argue the convenience of a VIP should not be prioritised over someone’s life or even health.

Some were quick to draw comparisons to other heads of state, noting instances where the motorcade convoys of the President of Indonesia and even the revered Emperor of Japan have been seen making way for ambulances.

Not so very long ago, the Emperor of Japan was essentially worshipped as a living god.

If even someone of that status has to make way for an ambulance, what exactly is the status of our own VIPs, for whom ambulances make way?

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