(13 Sep 2013, 1:12 pm)eezypeazy wrote No one is "forced"; everyone is presented with choices, dependent on their circumstances.
If I don't drive and live beyond a bus route and am fit and well, I have the choice of walking, cycling, taxis, or lifts from friends; I have the choice of home delivery services for my shopping, and/or everything else that the internet offers (unless I live beyond the electricity supply); lack of electricity or gas doesn't "force" me to burn coal, peat or wood to keep warm, it simply reduces the available choices.
"Forced" implies "absolutely no other choice", which is not the case.
I agree, though, that circumstances limit choice, but that's true of everything.
If you're going to pepper your posts with emotive language like "forced", then I'll be forced to post pedantic replies!
ok...
edit. I was going to leave it at that, but just for eezypeazy's benefit:
'Synonyms of force: force, compel, coerce,
constrain, oblige, obligate These verbs mean to cause a person or thing to follow a prescribed or dictated course'
So unless I am missing something, people living in the Tyne Valley, without access to public transport are forced to follow a prescribed course in getting into Hexham to continue their onward journey
You may want to nitpick at that, I'm sure you will - after all like most quotes, extracts, sources etc I have provided, they are apparently open to interpretation...