At the same time though, many FCs are run with a group of officers in a semi-professional manner. I know if a previous company I was in, we -did- have people who would go overboard about a given topic, and then regrett everything they did the day after because stuff blew up. Were they bad people? No. Did they not their limits or when to stop (or perhaps recognize when to stop)? Possibly.

A temp mute wouldn't be so bad if there was a warning system in place. Something like "X Officer has requested a temporary mute on Player Y. Will other officers A, B, C approve?" As any of the voting-based features in the game, of course there will be those who will abuse it. But just like the voting features, it will also be helpful to many as well.

...think about vote dismiss. Some abuse it, others use it when someone is actually AFK, Harrasing, etc.