Equality before THE LAW

When you read news like this from Saudi Arabia, its EXCEPTIONALISM is so astounding, that you will be moved to believe that at last they are on the path to democracy, transparency, Rule of Law:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1089361/saudi-arabia

However, the uncontroversial-fact-on-the-ground is that the entire system of the Saudi Government is riddled with nepotism - all the way down from the King, his son and cousins and uncles.

This is what we mean by EXCEPTIONALISM. It prevails and it is the standard.