No, we cannot assume he was "forced". He was given the option to either take the job to keep his job, or to not take it and leave his job.
No force was involved. Sloppy language leads to sloppy thoughts.
v. forced ◊ forcing ◊ forces <fOrs> 1. To do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!" 2. To impose
He was forced into taking it because it was "lose your successful career" if you don't take it.
It was a stupid choice nonetheless.
You didn't prove anything. "Impose" is just a synonym.
He wasn't given good choices but he was still given choices. We saw "lose a successful career" but a career isn't something you can have. It wasn't "forcibly" taken away from him because it's not a physical thing. No one pointed a gun at him, no one held a knife to his throat. This is what the word "force" means.
I'm not going to keep going around and around about this. Words have fixed meanings, and when you use them vaguely, you come to all sorts of strange and wrong conclusions.
No wonder no one understands what "rights" are. They can't even get simple concepts like "force" right, so how are they going to understand natural rights?
You didn't prove anything. "Impose" is just a synonym.
lol ok You want to pull an Anticlutch. Let's go.
v. imposed ◊ imposing ◊ imposes <im'pOz> 1. To force oneself upon others, especially as a guest. 2. To lay as a charge, obligation, penalty, etc.; "to impose a toll or fine." 3. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
See, forcing also means imposing, and he was forced to take a decision.
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