function paragraphize(text) {
    if (text.indexOf("<p>") != -1) {
        return text; // assume that text containing paras is done already
    }
    var paras = text.split("\n");
    for (var i=0; i<paras.length; i++) {
        paras[i] = "<p>" + paras[i] + "</p>";
    }
    return paras.join("\n");
}