What a JOKE the BBFC are. They are worried about allowing 18 rated games in case kids see them, eh? EH? Well, congratulations to them because due to their Orwellian policies, the game is out in the wild, available to download on the Internet where there are no measures or rating systems.
If I was a parent, I'd be MUCH more concerned that my kids could see 'realistic' violence from the likes of Hostel and Saw than some PS2 graphics of a man being 'a bit' violent. Consider the "head on a stick" scene from Wolf Creek. I don't think it would be possible to create a scene that unsettling and disturbing with PS2 graphics, and if I had to force a kid to watch that scene I'd rather them see an unrealistic PS2 portrayal of it. (Please note I am not in the habit of forcing kids to watch grisly torture scenes).
And let's look at this aspect... if an under-18 gets hold of a Hostel DVD, they can stick it in any DVD player or most computers, and off it goes. Difficult for parents to keep track of or stop happening even if they really wanted to. But with a PS2 game, they have to play it in a PS2 and will probably have to play it for a while, and get to grips with the controls etc before seeing anything anywhere near as bad as there is in those horror/torture flicks. If anything, they should be focusing on educating parents in how to prevent their children from getting hold of unsuitable material; unfortunately they are probably aware that this country is so overrun by massively breeding oafs, chavs and thugs that spurt out kids without a care or thought that educating them is simply too big a deal. So instead, everyone must suffer because the BBFC simply cannot do their jobs.
Also, for all the talk of computer games being a valid art/entertainment media, now the BBFC slap that notion back a few years by showing complete incompetence and short-sightedness by needlessly picking on a game that they simply do not understand.
Jesus, I could go on ranting all day about this. I am sick to death of hearing what those dumb f**kbags at the BBFC get up to. It must be lovely to be paid to sit on your fat arse all day, watch movies and be overly judgemental.

B******s to the minors, they are already screwed up beyond saving by their parents and the s**t society we have made. It's nothing to do with Manhunt. While the kids run around the streets burning cars and shooting each other, at least let the adults have a little entertaining distraction while we are locked indoors away from them in fear. Give us some bloody Manhunt 2 you selfish BBFC bastards. I promise I won't go round stabbing people in the testicles with ballpens. So long as it gets released.

I would write out a whole essay about this but bentley has sumed it up for me, like it matters if we get hold of 18 rated games I have always believed that the reason people get stabbed and killed by a younger generation is because of the way they are raised by thier parents not what they watch or play. Also I believe this world has gone too over the top with H&S that it may have lost sight of those Great lives they promise us and then they start banning things that are so petty it is just plain stupid.

Joshua.

P.s I am 16 by the way :-)