--- Markdown.pl.orig	Fri Aug 20 14:25:00 2004
+++ Markdown.pl	Wed Aug 25 17:02:05 2004
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 		no warnings "once";
 		$smartypants = $MT::Template::Context::Global_filters{'smarty_pants'};
 	}
+        $smartypants = 0;
 
 	if ($smartypants) {
 		MT->add_text_filter('markdown_with_smartypants' => {