it was an illegal act and the illegalalty was by the civil war. this was not something to celebrate. it would be like celebrating some big terrorist attack or something like that, which in fact there was 150 years ago, there was an attack against ft. sumter that began the civil war. it is a celebration of slavery because that's what the civil war is about andabout, and, by you know a proud native of south carolina, somehow my invitation to the succession ball must have gotten lost in the mail. but -- but do they have the right to do it? of course they have the right to do it. we do have civil liberty of this country. >> you know some people would say my son thomas' an actor but we went out to one of these reenactments out in the