It's almost like SE encourages stalking in this game...

[LianaThorne]

Now this decision I don't understand at all.

The logic is that Square expects their customers to work everything out like adults since that's the mentality in Japan. They also feel that the "stalker/abuser/attacker" should have their feelings respected as well and think that it will hurt them to see someone removed from their friends list after being blocked. Finally, they expect us to be knowledgeable and educated about who we friend request, they don't support the idea of friend requesting people randomly.