public function getStrippedText($_stripBasic = false, $_replacements = array())
    {
        $text = $this->text;

        if ($_stripBasic) {
            $text = strip_tags($text);
        }

        $patterns = "/{[^}]+}/";
        $repl = "";
        $text = preg_replace($patterns, $repl, $text);

        if (count($_replacements) > 0) {
            $text = str_replace(array_keys($_replacements), array_values($_replacements), $text);
            $text = iconv('UTF-8', 'UTF-8//IGNORE', $text);
        }

        return $text;
    }