title: How can I prevent web2py from automagically encoding html-entities?
body: <p>I'm trying to print out HTML generated for user-submitter <code>markdown</code>, by</p>
  
  <pre><code>{{=markdown(post.message)}}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>where markdown function is imported through</p>
  
  <pre><code>from gluon.contrib.markdown.markdown2 import markdown
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>We2Py seems to automatically encode HTML-Entities, so every <code>&lt;</code> is converted into <code>&amp;lt;</code> and every <code>&gt;</code> is converted into <code>&amp;gt;</code>. How do I prevent this from happening? </p>
  
  <p>Are there any security concerns that I'll need to keep in mind while doing so? Also, could anyone kindly tell me how can I strip the <code>HTML</code> when storing it in the database, while retaining the <code>markdown</code>?</p>