Index: bp-forums/bp-forums-templatetags.php
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--- bp-forums/bp-forums-templatetags.php	(revision 2928)
+++ bp-forums/bp-forums-templatetags.php	(working copy)
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@
 		global $forum_template;
 
 		$post = bb_get_first_post( (int)$forum_template->topic->topic_id, false );
+		
+		if ( bp_is_group_forum_topic_edit()  )
+			$post->post_text = strip_tags( $post->post_text );
+			
 		return apply_filters( 'bp_get_the_topic_text', $post->post_text );
 	}
 
@@ -937,7 +941,11 @@
 		global $bp;
 
 		$post = bp_forums_get_post( $bp->action_variables[4] );
-		return attribute_escape( $post->post_text );
+		
+		if ( bp_is_group_forum_topic_edit()  )
+			$post->post_text = strip_tags( $post->post_text );
+		
+		return esc_attr( $post->post_text );
 	}
 
 function bp_the_topic_pagination() {