Not sure I would call bricking a flametosser, auto-injector, cybergills*, grapple hand or retractable climbing claws non-lethal, but otherwise I fully agree.
Considering hot VR also nets you a couple of Ini dice, which the juicers or people unwilling to have their reflex boosters active the whole day (read: most) won´t have access to initially, you still should be able to trash something significant before anyone reacts. Even if the GM is kind towards the victim and lets it react without any roll to check if he/her realizes what´s going on in a split second.
Also a good argument against biowaste storage expansion... I am ok with people trying to kill you, but that´s just too much.
*Totally forgot our setting forbids any underwater wifi connection. But has wireless underwater drones...