Colin: 
> And, given Akane's brute strength already, and since we've already
> established that she is actually a good martial artist, then her other hand
> should be of a comparable strength level.  I simply don't buy the argument
> that the loss of one hand took her out of the running.  The DD was simply
> better.  Out of her league, according to me.

	Hmmm...

	Perhaps the better question would be to ask how well the Ranma 1/2 cast
would fight without the hand they usually use... unfortunately we don't
ever see that happening.

> While this is a good point, I feel it is moot in Ranma 1/2.  Takahashi
> simply isn't going to give us that much information on her world view.  I
> think we should simply proceed from faith that since Shampoo's claim is not
> dismissed out of hand that it is legally valid.

	I sort of think all the claim issue are really moot.  It's something RT
satirizes and it's just there for fun.

> Granted, this doesn't matter for Ranma 1/2, but since I was comparing the
> group using RL martial arts physics, I don't think that the theoretical
> stuff really applies.

	But Ranma 1/2 martial arts isn't real.

Don