Ignore/Mute feature request

Would it be possible for you to pretty please put in a "deaf" or "ignore" system, which will ignore shouts, says, whispers, and sounds from any person, or object owned by said person, who is on your ignore list. I'll be perfectly honest, I turn my speakers on in SL maybe 1 second of every 24 hours worth of gameplay because of how much sounds are abused. I have a very very loud sound system attached to my computer, and quite frankly were I to have it on, people would hear constant profanities and other odd noises echoing through about a 1/2 mile radius. A coded-in client ignore system would be absolutely wonderful, that way instead of arguing (which people will still do anyhow), we can have a policy of "Don't like it? /ignore them". This is something that has arisen in almost every online game/communicatino system in history. I think it's only a matter of time in SL.

<cross pasted from the Thai Greenacre vs Obnoxious Kiddies flame thread>

That would be a fantastic option to have Si... or barring that, a "no outside sounds" toggle for land.

I think given the very high liklihood of continuous conflict centered around this issue, and the ability of a tech fix to avoid unnecessary and petty personal conflict, that the need for the implementation of this excellent suggestion is a no-brainer.