Yes I could try and restrict the "view post" template to staff only - that however still leaves the glaring problem of what happens if you click the "unread posts" button and it happened to be one that was made by someone on your ignore list as your account would not have permission to use it. It also doesn't work on the quote option.
I'm not risking messing up the database and generating repeated avoidable error reports just because a very few members have trouble with self control.
Have your husband work on it and have it tested on vbulletin.org with different versions and get back to us if you like.
dr del