Filter out uncomplete code snippets for WP 2.1?

Couldn’t we just make a filter rule that makes empty strong and ems go away – like the one with breaks (although Im in favor of taking that rule out)? Wouldn’t that be a good idea for the 2.1 update?

For example just remove </em> and </strong> if there is no <em> and <strong> before them.

Now if you write “hey <strong>fatty</strong> hang <strong>
loose</strong> cause everything’s ok” in the wysiwyg and save – everything look right:

“hey fatty hang
loose cause everything’s ok”

But the – if you editing the post – marking “fatty” it will let the <strong> be left.

Result:

“hey hang loose cause everything’s ok”

instead of

“hey hang loose cause everything’s ok”

If you have a large page – it can make the whole page look very odd – eith a whole page formatted in italic or strong .