I've seen it happen time and time again. The story isn't new. It happens to the wealthy, the poor, the strong, the weak, the powerful and the powerless--to everyone. The more people try to control something or someone the less control they really have. As soon as people start imposing more and more restrictions the more whatever is being controlled will balk and fight back. It's a LOSING battle. Just the need to impose a lot of restrictions should tell the person that something 'is not right' about the situation. All situations should have some give and take to some degree to make it work and be beneficial to all parties.
Now, before you all start to worry about me, it's not me or anyone close to me I'm talking about. (I hear a sigh of relief out there, don't I?) I post at a couple message boards on various pet projects of mine. It's happening over there. Honestly, I'm pretty happy to be on the outside of this. But I do find it amusing to watch this happen time and time again. Someone lets a little power go to their head, people get annoyed and pretty soon the person in charge wants to shut up the critics. Just too funny.