Help!!! Allowing moderators to ignore moderators

[pakomen]

I have a small dilemma on my hands, and I'm not sure what I can do about it, if anything. I have two moderators who do not get along, yet I would like to keep both on-board if possible. What I'm looking for is a way for one moderator to set another moderator onto his/her ignore list; however, I keep running into the "You cannot ignore ____ because he is a moderator/admin" message, even when I try to set the other moderator to ignore status by jumping into the other's account.

I've looked in the admincp for these capabilities, but it looks to be an all-or-nothing sort of thing where either EVERYONE can ignore a moderator nor NO ONE can. The thing that makes me curious is that I myself can ignore him (as admin), so I'm sure there is a way. Do I have to somehow hard code this into the system, or is there a permission I can set moderators in to be able to ignore each other?

One of my moderators has a habit of posting highly controversial messages. I keep him on-board because he has been a lot of help with the forums, but in order to keep the peace, I really need these capabilities. Worst case scenario, I'll drop the moderator, but I'd rather not as he's not breaking any of our official rules and I don't want to vote him off in a 'survival' type vote off.

I'll be very grateful for any advice anyone has. Thanks in advance for your time.