No warning before moving the ~/Library folder...

OSX 10.7.3 on Macbook Air 13.3' i5 1.7Ghz 128GB.
Yesterday I was working on a Finder window opened on my ~/Library.
As I accidentally dragged the icon displayed in the Title area, the OS lost my user settings...
I quickly realized that my action caused my ~/Library folder to be moved to my ~/Desktop.
Since the ~/Library is a hidded folder in Lion, it may not be so trivial to figure out what happens whn you move it.
I had a CCC backup from the day before, so I restored the system with no damage.
(I didn't try to move the Library back, and opted for the safest way)
I wish that moving of critical system folders were signaled with a warning message, at least.

My own Lion system did not allow this.
I just created a new admin test account, opened a Finder window to its library, and tried to drag the library "proxy icon" at the top of that window onto the Desktop. Dragging produced only the "green plus" copy pointer, and so I could copy the Library folder but not move it, which is as it should be.
Looking in Terminal, I found that the home Library carried a protective "everyone deny delete" ACL, as do the other default  subfolders of a new user account:
2010-Computer:~ t1$ ls -ldeO@ ~/Library
drwx------@ 29 t1  staff  hidden 986 Feb 27 14:01 /Users/t1/Library
    com.apple.FinderInfo     32
0: group:everyone deny delete
I then removed that protective ACL:
2010-Computer:~ t1$ chmod -N ~/Library
2010-Computer:~ t1$ ls -ldeO@ ~/Library
drwx------@ 29 t1  staff  hidden 986 Feb 27 14:01 /Users/t1/Library
    com.apple.FinderInfo     32
Now I could move the Library folder onto the Desktop by dragging its proxy icon (as mentioned, this was a temporary disposable test account!).
Had you previously altered any permissions on the Library folder or on your home folder?

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