The OpenOffice.org Annual Conference goes to Beijing

> But I can't help but feel that the ethics of applying such pressure
> are questionable.

Not only questionable but also ineffective. Generally (dictatorial) ruling is in part enforced
by lack of options for those who are being ruled. For instance, people might want to leave the
country but they have no money to do so. They might want to work elsewhere, but they have no
marketable skills because they could not afford education. In this light, any further economic
hardship just further reduces people into poverty and the grasp of their government.