At 10:09 AM 4/6/98 -0400, you wrote:

 Jinkees, if Ryouga can punture holes in solid rock, what says he can't

use

the training to stab Ranma to death with his fingers ala Fist of North

star?

As it stated in the original post.  It's does not work on Living things.

You completely missed the point.  

He's saying that if Ryoga's fingers are strong enough to puncture rock
(they are; he carved Akane's name into the boulder with just a finger), he
should also be able to thrust his fingers into a person (people aren't as
hard as rocks).  He's not saying that the victim would explode, just that
they'd be Swiss cheese. ;)

Hunter Kid
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    "'We'?"  Ranma asked, confused.
    "Oh," Tarou said, pulling up a gasping human Ryoga from under the
water, who sucked in air gratefully and wrung the water out of his bandanna
in irritation.  "It's just Ranma, Ryoga.  Nothing to worry about."
    Ryoga punched him.  "You could have told me sooner, you idiot!  I had
to hold my breath that whole time!"
					 	-from Mirror Images, chapter 1
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