Here again, I come back to the fact that I am not forced to buy car insurance in order to drive my car, however,I cannot drivemy car on public streets or property without it. So,TECHNICALLY, I am not forced to own auto insurance, but am required to have it so I may use my car. In the case of R/C. I am not forced to have AMA. I can fly in any open space, but I am required to have it if I want to fly at an AMA sanctioned field.
I believe the mistake here is in the defintions. People are replacing "required" with "forced".
Point in fact these words have very different definitions.