So, because "do this or be in pain" might be coercive, your solution is to remove the "do this or", so it's just "be in pain"? I'm genuinely unsure how removin

So, because "do this or be in pain" might be coercive, your solution is to remove the "do this or", so it's just "be in pain"? I'm genuinely unsure how removing an option is helping the situation, if you're not going to provide a solution at the same time. It just sounds like you'd rather they suffer than do something you find distasteful.