In 2001, I wrote a film for Showtime called Brotherhood of Murder, based on a book of the same name by Tom Martinez and John Guinther. The film stars William Baldwin, Peter Gallagher and Kelly Lynch. Director Martin Bell did a superb job of translating script to screen.
“Brotherhood” is the the true story of The Order, white supremacists who murdered Jewish talk show host Alan Berg and committed several bank robberies.
Tom Martinez was an uneducated, unemployed veteran who fell in with the group but was never involved in any violence. Eventually, Tom became disillusioned and turned informer for the FBI. I spent a good deal of time talking on the phone with Tom who lives with his family under the federal witness protection program. In one of our most memorable conversations—they were all memorable, afterall Tom used to be a hard-core Jew-hater—Tom told me how Reverend Miles, an early leader of the group, convinced the budding membership that all their problems could be traced to a single source.
Here’s the scene as I wrote it and as it appears so effectively in the film:
A kindly old man, Reverend Miles, speaks to the group. His voice is soothing, his demeanor calm.
Miles: … this government no longer looks out for your interests. This is a government which looks out for quote unquote, the minorities, the disadvantaged. Now I don’t know about you, but I’m proud of being a Christian. Anything wrong with being proud of your race, your religion? Of course not. But when we say it, we’re labelled racists, hate mongers. When they say it, it’s called black pride. Why, they’re going to be teaching it in the universities before too long. I say it’s time for the white man to stand proud. I say it’s time for us to tell the Zionist Occupied Government that we won’t pay for drug addicts to get high, we won’t pay for their women to have one baby after another, and we won’t pay them not to work. We won’t do it because it is not fair. You listening to me? It’s not complicated. Say to yourself: It’s not fair.
Camera moves in on Tom’s face as he repeats the mantra.
This is a big moment in his life. He’s seen the light and he is radiant with comprehension.
In the name of fairness anything can be justified. That was the spine of the scene. And that is the spine of the left’s political philosophy. The fairness ideology is not just immoral, but it is dangerous.
Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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That is interesting that “fair” isn’t in the Torah. As far as I know it isn’t in the Bible either. Once one has realized that “Life isn’t fair – get over it“ one has taken a big step towards maturity.
And, it does seem that the concept is used towards those who want something someone else has, or hates something and “fairness” allows them to justify their wants or hatred.
I am sure in justifying Lebensraum Hitler invoked “fairness” to the German people.
I guess these days paying your “fair share” is my favorite expression .
Although in this instance, “Fair” seems to be a movable bar.
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Gee, didn’t the good reverend blame the Zionist Occupied Government on dual loyalists that are just doing the bidding of Israel? How could he be so blind to the power of the Jewish lobby? I guess Reverend Miles must not have missed that class in White Supremacy 101.
Growing up I would always try to spend as much time at my friend’s house because they had a finished basement with a pool table and a ping pong table. I would ask my parents why we couldn’t get a pool table and my mom simply said ‘life’s not fair – get over it.’
The funny thing is that when we became teenagers my friends would always come to our house because we could play hockey or shoot the air pistol in our basement because it wasn’t finished and we couldn’t do much damage. I never thought of it when we were bouncing pucks off the wall or occasionally through a window, but I was glad life wasn’t fair.
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Johnny:
I was brought up in a small apartment. I asked my parents why we couldn’t live in a house like so many of my friends. We did not have enough money, it was explained. Now, in my own home here in Los Angeles I am also happy that life is not fair; it drives me to improve my life in countless ways.
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“Fair” isn’t a Jewish concept, either – at least not in traditional Judaism. There is no Hebrew word for “fair.” (The modern/Israeli Hebrew word for “fair” is <i>”fair,”</i> BION.) Just? Yes. Right? Yes. Fair? Nope.
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Alter:
Excellent point.
Rabbi Akiva Taitz teaches that if a word does not exist in the Torah then we should be wary of the concept it projects. For instance, there is no word for “romance” or “adventure.” Romance is too often an illusion—as in the movies—that can be destructive to a mature relationship. As for adventure, well, how many movies have been produced where an adventure turns into tragedy.
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“In the name of fairness anything can be justified. That was the spine of the scene. And that is the spine of the left’s political philosophy. The fairness ideology is not just immoral, but it is dangerous.”
Well said, Robert. My mother used to relay these 4 words of philosophy to us — “life is not fair.”
It’s not complicated. Say it yourself.
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Prophet Joe:
Your mother was a wise woman. Of course life is not fair, and that in itself is an inducement to make a better life for oneself.
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