Deleting old library folder?

Hi there!
I recently updated to Lion, and I found out that some people couldn't see their library folder after upgrading, but I could see mine.
I tried that method with option-clicking on the 'Go'-tab, and I got into a new library folder. The content in the two folders aren't completely the same, but some things are. So my question is:
Can I delete the olde library folder from Snow Leopard?
Nikolaj

There's one for the System and one for the user.
See: Making sense of OS X's folder structure
I guess this is why Apple has hidden the Library Folder

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