Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4698023-20130427201104/@comment-70.115.199.8-20130501001856

To clarify, Temari, Kankuro, Sasori, and other Suna Nin have used sand to agument their own jutsu. Specifically in Kankuro and Sasori's cases they have been shown in manga chapters 42 and 213 to cover their puppets in a layer of sand almost like Suna no Yoroi. Although it obviously doesn't provide the protection like that of Gaara's technique, is it sand manipulation used to hide the true nature of their puppets. Nor are they expected to be on the level of Gaara, who was a host to the Ichibi and used only sunaton jutsu. They simply used minor sand manipulation to agument their own needs.

So there is your precedent in canon for Suna shinobi using sand manipluative techniques. And of course with all the stupid things that's been approved in SL over the years why take away one of the staples and limit the roleplay of a few collective ninja.

What this pertains to the KT at hand I leave for the rest of you to decide.

-CJoftheDesert