Brad Bateman explains why he believes that the discussion of Mises has become ill-tempered and should be regarded as out of bounds. As his first example of a reason he writes that "people are demanding of others that they accept their definitions of economics." I believe that I am the only one in this recent discussion who has, in any sense, been concerned about a definition of economics. But, despite yet another of misinterpretation by Mason Gaffney, I did not demand that anyone accept any definition. I asked John M. to agree that the study of economic interaction is worthwhile before I would waste my time discussing his criticism of Mises. Surely, this is a reasonable request on an economics list. By the way, John M. did not agree, which probably explains why his criticism continues. His continuing criticism, it seems to me, is not of Mises. It is of economics in general. Happily, my post enabled me to avoid a further waste of time. I suggest that if Brad has me in mind, he look over the posts to find out what I really asked for. What do you think, Brad? Pat Gunning