[xsl] Ignore html during javascript xml parse

if the usual javascript code

        ...
        req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        ...
        response  = req.responseXML.documentElement;
        method    = response.getElementsByTagName('method')[0].firstChild.data;
        result    = response.getElementsByTagName('result')[0].firstChild.data;

reads from

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
        <response>
                <method>mymethod</method>
                <result>I want <b>this</b> and this and <i>this<i></result>
        </response>

How can I make it provide:

        method = mymethod
        result = I want <b>this</b> and this and <i>this<i>

ie how do I ignore html tags? I would prefer not to change "<", ">" etc 
into their codes.
I have tried some xsl templates but they break the script; 
responseXML.documentElement seems to choke on them.
cheers.


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