Index: bp-forums-filters.php
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--- bp-forums-filters.php	(revision 832)
+++ bp-forums-filters.php	(working copy)
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 /* BuddyPress filters */
 add_filter( 'bp_forums_new_post_text', 'bp_forums_filter_encode' );
 
-add_filter( 'bp_the_topic_post_content', 'bp_forums_filter_decode' );
-add_filter( 'bp_the_topic_latest_post_excerpt', 'bp_forums_filter_decode' );
+add_filter( 'bp_the_topic_post_content', 'bp_forums_filter_decode',1);
+add_filter( 'bp_the_topic_latest_post_excerpt', 'bp_forums_filter_decode',1 );
+global $allowedtags; $allowedtags['p'] = array(); $allowedtags['br'] = array();
 
 function bp_forums_filter_encode( $content ) {
 	$content = htmlentities( $content, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8" );
