[quote="bamafan" post=360674]Beast maybe if you were the one rushed to the hospital with as the victim stated your guts spilling out of your stomach you wouldn't spend so much time debating whether or not you were just stabbed, or gutted, or disemboweled.
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I'm not saying this kid isn't completely culpable; he is, 100%. But as my mother used to say, "What did you do to make that happen?" If the victim wanted a quiet place, sharing an apartment with undergrads usually isn't it. My kids all had their share of good and bad roommates while in school, and some kids just don't show a lot of respect when it comes to making noise at certain times of the day, etc. Most kids study in the library and not in the dorms or apartments, which are often raucous at all hours of the day.
Don't forget, after an afternoon of insulting each other in text messages, the older kid, the victim, went to the frathouse with an idea to kick the perpetrators ass. There's no justification there, but had he stayed home and cooled off and they both let it go, nothing would have happened.
Of course, using a knife is just freaking insane. Neither kid look like beasts, so it not like the perpetrator was outweighed by 50 lbs.
Bowel injuries can result in some very long term problems. Short term, sepsis and infection is a real possibility. The kid may need a reversible colostomy, since solid wastes can infect the wound.
I was in a frat, and I don't even remember a serious fight, even against a rival fraternity. Frats always got a bad rap and St John'. They clamped down on us when there was an ROTC "frat" murder, but let ROTC (and all the government money) stay on campus.
All in all sad chapter. The perpetrator will likely get off somewhat easy, and the victim may have some extremely long effects of the stabbing.