I think it's awful that because of a personal conflict, Mr. Spinks thinks it's necessary to do something that may have the effect of disrupting the whole festival and the whole county loses.

There clearly was a potential for conflict.

It comes as a surprise to no one that after decades of internal and international conflict, Iraq is littered with land mines and bombs.

In fiction, you're always looking for conflict, and the salesman is seen as this rootless person ... who has the style and ability to enter any community to make the sale. But the salesman is not there to put down roots. He's there to use the community, which implies fraud and seduction.

Yes, we see some conflict in the messages. But the good news is, and what is consistent, is California needs to import more power and it seems as though Wyoming can provide some of that power.

If I was going to get on a billboard ... (the message) would be 'Jesus Christ is your savior,'