Full Idea
When the police hit me over the head at the demonstration, it was unjust but at least it was fair, because they hit everybody else over the head.
Gist of Idea
If everyone is treated with equal injustice, at least that is fair
Source
Sidney Morgenbesser (talk [1970]), quoted by PG - Db (ideas)
A Reaction
An example of Morganbesser's famous wit, but this is the perfect and simplest riposte to Rawls's claim that justice is fairness. Horrific injustices can be distributed fairly, and often are, in prisons, schools, families and armies.