I completely agree with this! When I first joined Nostr I thought it was weird that I needed to request to delete things. I should be able to have complete control on my accounts.

"Own up to what you said" seems like a method to harass someone for something that was posted previously. Other than Nostr, I use Reddit and every now and then I completely delete my post and comment history. This is to prevent people from reading through my extensive comment history and tracking my identity.  

 Your posts are still saved in Reddit even if you delete them. Also fuck Spez.