I also have never understood forcing people to apply for jobs they have no experience or hope of getting.
The general equivalence of reference-frames was implicitly denied by a physics that understood forces as powers to change the states of motion of bodies.
"We want peace, but Israel only understands force," says a Hamas guard outside a resort the group has opened on Gaza's beach front.
In their discussions, he said, two themes emerged — "one, that Arabs only understand force and, two, that the biggest weakness of Arabs is shame and humiliation".
And you might argue that the best, perhaps only, way of dealing with the resentment is to speak in the only language tyrannies understand: force.
In their discussions, he said, two themes emerged—"one, that Arabs only understand force and, two, that the biggest weakness of Arabs is shame and humiliation".
It exposes an old French colonial reflex, that 'Arabs and blacks' only understand force and you can't talk to them".
Like other members of the military top brass, he is profoundly hostile to the Muslim Brotherhood, who he has described as "liars who only understand force".
"Hawks within Israel and among the Arabs would say that they were right in arguing that their enemy only understands force," the senior official said.
Many have decried this explanation as racism, a thought which I confess has crossed my mind as I listened to pundits explain that Arabs (a) long for democracy and freedom and (b) only understand force.
