Deleting Unwanted Folders

I'm reposting this because my last post was hijacked with idiotic and irrelevant responses.
I'm using 10.6.5, and the only user on my computer, which is a 17" mac pro.
Issue.
I have folders cluttering up my main window. Pictures, Public and Sites. I don't use them, I've never used them and want to permanently delete them.
If I control click on them in an attempt to move them to the trash, I get the message "Sites" can't be modified or deleted because it's required by Mac OS X.
There are numerous empty folders like this in my user library as well, Voices, Sounds, Screen Savers, Input Methods, etc. (not the System Library). They are wasting space and I'd like to permanently get rid of them. In the older OS, 7, 8, 9, all these folders and files could easily be deleted. Not now.
There has to be a way to delete this stuff.
If you know how to do this, can you give a step-by-step instruction.
Thanks in advance.
Message was edited by: stackjones

OK. You think it's dumb. But there are reasons for preventing people like yourself from wandering willy nilly in the OS when they haven't a clue as to what they are doing.
yea kappy, i think its dumb.
and there is nothing willy nilly about removing folders that aren't used.
as for not having a clue what they are doing. i'd say i have a great clue. they are empty, in non-use, will never be used and i want them gone!
back in the day when we had os 7,8,9, i could easily go in and strip out numerous folders and files, and my system ran as fast as it could back in those days, as a result.
i'm not saying now - that it affects the computer speed or anything like that. but i am saying those folders are a nuisance. and if a system can operate without empty folders being deleted, that is some pretty weak *** programming!!!
Message was edited by: stackjones

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