PETA Backs Down

The animal rights extremists at PETA planned on producing an ad that unintentionally upset Bruce Springsteen.

The ad is a send-up of the 1984 album Born in the USA with the famous cover image of Springsteen's denimed behind, but PETA's version shows a big bottom with what is unaffectionately known as repairman cleavage and the tag line: "Obese in the USA."

"The ad was intended to parody the sad shape a meat-addicted America has taken since this classic album came out two decades ago," PETA execs wrote in a memo. "But Mr. Springsteen's management felt that people might think we are spoofing Bruce himself, which was never the case."

Interesting. PETA has succeeded in being outrageous enough to anger one of its supporters. More people need to stand up to PETA, in particular, when they terrorize children.

It also should be noted that Bruce Springsteen appears to be pretty sensitive about his behind.