Any way to stop accidental deletion of events

I find is puzzling that it is necessary to double click an event and then click the edit button in order to change any aspect of an event, but you can easily delete an event by simply having it hi-lighted and hitting the backspace key. We have a shared calendar in the office and more than once people have accidentally deleted appointments.
Is there an add-on or a work around that will force iCal to throw up a confirmation warning before deleting the event or even a way to allow users to create and edit but not delete events?

Mitchell Allen,
There is no workaround that I am aware of, but ICal>Edit>Undo Delete Event, menu command should be available immediately after an event is inadvertently deleted.
I suggest that you provide Apple - iCal - Feedback
;~)

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