Free Blakey My Fella

pooblogger — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:19:37 +0000

After Amy Winehouse changed the lyrics of ’Free Nelson Mandela’ at his 90th birthday concert to ‘Free Blakey My Fella’ in tribute to her imprisoned husband Blake Fielder-Civil, we thought it might be interesting to compare the two men. Turns out it wasn’t, but we spent all that time typing it up and it seemed a waste to just bin it.

Nelson Mandela	Blake Fielder-Civil
Spent 27 years in South African prison for crimes including sabotage committed as part of armed struggle against Apartheid.	Held in Pentonville Prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a pub landlord and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Allowed one visitor and one letter every six months. Letters were often delayed for long periods and made unreadable by prison censors.	Convicted prisoners are entitled to at least two 60-minute visits every four weeks. Regularly recieves and writes letters.
Whilst in prison Mandela undertook study with the University of London by correspondence and received a Bachelor of Laws degree.	Writes explicit letters to fellow prisoner Melissa Goldstone, describing his sexual fantasies in detail.
Throughout Mandela’s imprisonment, local and international pressure mounted on the South African government to release him, under the resounding slogan Free Nelson Mandela!	Fielder-Civil’s partner Amy Winehouse makes a mockery of Mandela’s 90^th birthday celebrations by singing “Free Blakey My Fella”
Famous quotes include “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself” and “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”	Famous quotes include “I’ll bend you all over the place, with my hand round your throat” and “I squeeze your throat whilst your sucking me and I ask you if you are a dirty bitch.”

After examining the blatant similarities between these two great men, it seems only fitting that Winehouse should have paid tribute to her husband in the way that she did. Nelson Mandela was heard commenting afterwards “Blake is pretty fly for a white guy”. An official spokesman later elaborated “Nelson identifies so strongly with Blake that it was only natural for Amy Winehouse to replace Nelson’s name with Blake’s the other night. It was not at all insulting, nor a slur on Nelson’s illustrious past as a freedom fighter for equal rights.”

The home secretary announced yesterday that “Due to international sanctions imposed by Amy Winehouse on the UK, Blake Fielder-Civil is to be released from custody. Our illicit drug industry simply cannot survive under these sanctions. It was morally wrong for us to imprison Mr Fielder-Civil for the victimless crime of Assault, and we extend our apologies to him and his family.”

A statue of Fielder-Civil is to be elected in parliament square.

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