That is soooo not right. For many reasons, one of which you j ust listed.

Another is that sometimes you keep an old journal - you're not going to update it, but it is a piece of your new/current journal and you don't want to lose it, either. Plus, those who have sadly passed away, their journals are kept up for people to read in their memory; no one is going to desicrate them by 'updating' them, but they should be allowed to stay.

LJ needs some reminders as to why people would stay here instead of escaping to Facebook. *sigh*