ActsAsParanoidSimpler
This is a dead simple plugin that extends acts_as_paranoid by way of demoting it… no more checks for the date something was deleted, only that it’s null or not.
github.com/technoweenie/acts_as_paranoid is a pre-requisite.
Example
Look to technoweenie for answers.
Copyright © 2009 [name of plugin creator], released under the MIT license