The Butter Battle book is the story of two towns which have been in a feud for some time, all based on the fact that one town likes their bread butter side up, and the other butter side down. They essentially get into an arms race, building bigger and bigger weapons. I won't spoil the ending, but it's a clear parallel to the arms race.
Of course I don't mind if you friend me! I post to appropriate communities, my webpage (www.nostatement.com), and I do post anything I write in my journal, though I warn you that I write very slowly, so updates are few and far between. Most of my journal is RL ramblings, so while you're more than welcome to friend me ( I usually friend back, if that's alright), I wouldn't be offended if you'd rather just watch the webpage or communities for updates and not have to deal with my RL ramblings taking up your friends page : )