Quickform Textarea and htmlspecialchars

So I have a form element that is supposed to be several URLs... so when I freeze the form, I would like a URL converted to an hyperlink so it is then clickable. Here's my problem... the textarea automatically does an htmlspecialchars call in the toHTML function. I really don't want that so I can convert that into HTML for display purposes only (once the form is submitted). I think that call to htmlspecialchars should be optional... perhaps make it a filter or some sort, but it should not be mandatory on a textarea. -Dan