Stabbing Someone Thirty-Seven Times in the Chest Will Probably Kill Them

Since I was not allowed to stab people to test my theory, I have no impressive murder video. However I do have a video what my opponent wants you to think getting stabbed in the chest looks like. http://www.youtube.com... As my opponent mentioned early, all of our vitals are found in our chest, however he failed to mention the giant bone shield protecting them. This "shield" is called the rib cage and it serves as protection to our major organs to insure that an object can simply penetrate our chest and kill us. The ribs are relatively close together, with makes penetrating them with the "average knife" (I will elaborate on this) used in knife crime very difficult. Further more with all the intervening muscle, most strikes that manage to pass the rib cage, would be either stopped or deflected away from the heart and most important veins, arteries and parts of the lungs. The heart is about 3.5 inches away from the skin in the average person and is protected by a wall of thick muscle. I can't post picture because I don"t know how, but here is a link to a picture http://www.infovisual.info... One important factor that pro addressed was the type of knife used in the crime. The type of knife used in crime is as follows. http://www.bladeforums.com... "Nearly 80% of all crimes committed with knives the knife or object used was a standard kitchen or steak knife. 17% used standard pocket knives. 2% used (other edged instrument) like carpet knife, razor etc... Less than 0.5% used a butterfly or auto knife or other exotic opening style knife." Let's further define kitchen knives and knife size of each type Big scary (aka. Chef) knives which are between 6 and 12 inches, although inches seems to be the most common size. Then the paring knife, which is a small pain edge which is used for vegetables, legumes, fruits, etc... These knives are between 2.5 and 4 inches. Bread knives are between 6 and 10 inches and have a serrated edge, however they are not necessarily pointed. The final type of knife, Butter knives are not exactly great at stabbing. Folding knives come in many varieties, however they tend to come between 2inches (pen knives) and 4 inches (they can be bigger, but 4 inches is a common size and generally considered the biggest useful size for multi-purpose knives), with an average of about 3.5 inches. Razors cannot stab. Box cutters are thin blades with very poor stabbing power, strength, and length. Already, many of these blades are simply too wide or too short to stab at the vitals. Chef's knives (too wide), paring knives (generally too short), box cutters, and most pen knives and smaller folding knives (both not long enough). Another problem the assailant could encounter is the type of steel the knife consists of. Today, most knives are composed of stainless steel, and for the most part it is is 440. For anyone who isn't into metallurgy or knives, this may not mean much, however in this scenario it makes quite a difference. Most cheap stainless (like 440) used in popular knives is very flexible and can break when subjected to enough force, such as when it is planted into bone or encounters muscle due to the poor heat treatment. The wonders of modern medicine and the body also come into play when treating stab wound. When a foreign object enters the body such as a knife, the tissues to contract around it and seal off the blood vessels in order to protect the body and stop blood loss. The mostly superficial wounds caused by the stabbing would not affect the person, and any blow that got inside the rib cage and into the muscle would be sealed off by the tissues to stop bleeding. The ribs would absorb most of the damage and prevent the vast majority of the damage to the major organs. Assuming no injuries to any major organs or the heart, there is no need to be concerned. If the heart were to be stabbed, a person could survive up to five minutes to get medical attention if an aorta were pierced. If a lung has been nicked, there is no major cause for concern as long as medical attention is gotten within an hour. If the lung were pierced, as long pressures were applied, chances of death are very low unless the wound is large enough to allow significant amounts of air to pass. http://www.livestrong.com...