diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f280ddbc..b6810df5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
 # Definitions (esp. HTMLDefinition) are now cached for a significant
   performance boost. You can disable caching by setting %Core.DefinitionCache
   to null.
+# Contents between <script> tags are now completely removed if <script>
+  is not allowed
 ! HTML Purifier now works in PHP 4.3.2.
 ! Configuration form-editing API makes tweaking HTMLPurifier_Config a
   breeze!
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 1189c929..51a3252b 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ TODO List
  - Implement IDREF support (harder than it seems, since you cannot have
    IDREFs to non-existent IDs)
  - Allow non-ASCII characters in font names
+ - Genericize special cases in RemoveForeignElements
 
 1.9 release [Error'ed]
  # Error logging for filtering/cleanup procedures
     - Requires I18N facilities to be created first (COMPLEX)
  - XSS-attempt detection
  - More fine-grained control over escaping behavior
-    - Silently drop content inbetween SCRIPT tags (can be generalized to allow
-      specification of elements that, when detected as foreign, trigger removal
-      of children, although unbalanced tags could wreck havoc (or at least
-      delete the rest of the document)).
 
 1.10 release [Do What I Mean, Not What I Say]
  # Additional support for poorly written HTML
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php
index cb5c4dd1..b9f6402d 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ HTMLPurifier_ConfigSchema::define(
     'since 1.3.0, revert to pre-1.3.0 behavior by setting to false.'
 );
 
+HTMLPurifier_ConfigSchema::define(
+    'Core', 'RemoveScriptContents', true, 'bool', '
+This directive enables HTML Purifier to remove not only script tags
+but all of their contents. This directive has been available since 1.7.0,
+revert to pre-1.7.0 behavior by setting to false.
+'
+);
+
 /**
  * Removes all unrecognized tags from the list of tokens.
  * 
@@ -28,9 +36,20 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_RemoveForeignElements extends HTMLPurifier_Strategy
         $definition = $config->getHTMLDefinition();
         $generator = new HTMLPurifier_Generator();
         $result = array();
+        
         $escape_invalid_tags = $config->get('Core', 'EscapeInvalidTags');
         $remove_invalid_img  = $config->get('Core', 'RemoveInvalidImg');
+        $remove_script_contents = $config->get('Core', 'RemoveScriptContents');
+        
+        // removes tokens until it reaches a closing tag with its value
+        $remove_until = false;
+        
         foreach($tokens as $token) {
+            if ($remove_until) {
+                if (empty($token->is_tag) || $token->name !== $remove_until) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
             if (!empty( $token->is_tag )) {
                 // DEFINITION CALL
                 if (isset($definition->info[$token->name])) {
@@ -68,6 +87,17 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_RemoveForeignElements extends HTMLPurifier_Strategy
                         $generator->generateFromToken($token, $config, $context)
                     );
                 } else {
+                    // check if we need to destroy all of the tag's children
+                    // CAN BE GENERICIZED
+                    if ($token->name == 'script' && $remove_script_contents) {
+                        if ($token->type == 'start') {
+                            $remove_until = $token->name;
+                        } elseif ($token->type == 'empty') {
+                            // do nothing: we're still looking
+                        } else {
+                            $remove_until = false;
+                        }
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
             } elseif ($token->type == 'comment') {
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/ScriptingTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/ScriptingTest.php
index 69b83e0a..70008d1e 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/ScriptingTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/ScriptingTest.php
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_ScriptingTest extends HTMLPurifier_HTMLModuleHarne
     
     function test() {
         
-        // default
+        // default (remove everything)
         $this->assertResult(
-            '<script type="text/javascript">foo();</script>', 'foo();'
+            '<script type="text/javascript">foo();</script>', ''
         );
         
         // enabled
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php
index 52a87753..5d6c03f8 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_RemoveForeignElementsTest
             'BlingBong'
         );
         
+        $this->assertResult(
+            '<script>alert();</script>',
+            ''
+        );
+        
+        $this->assertResult(
+            '<script>alert();</script>',
+            'alert();',
+            array('Core.RemoveScriptContents' => false)
+        );
+        
         $this->assertResult(
             '<menu><li>Item 1</li></menu>',
             '<ul><li>Item 1</li></ul>'
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifierTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifierTest.php
index 98ed0779..d39be235 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifierTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifierTest.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class HTMLPurifierTest extends UnitTestCase
             $this->purifier->purifyArray(
                 array('Good', '<b>Sketchy', 'foo' => '<script>bad</script>')
             ),
-            array('Good', '<b>Sketchy</b>', 'foo' => 'bad')
+            array('Good', '<b>Sketchy</b>', 'foo' => '')
         );
         
         $this->assertIsA($this->purifier->context, 'array');