I think people should not get their undies in a bunch over the delete issue. We have a NIP for it, it works well enough, and yes it doesen't guarantee you anything. There are no guarantees of anything on the internet, so just be careful or be ready to answer for being wrong. Is being embarrassed really that bad? 

 To your last question:

Its rich coming from someone who feels no shame about lying to end users :)  

 No idea what you mean 

 Advocating to show users a Delete button, which doesn't actually delete