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.