valid <noscript> tag reported as invalid, part 2

Re. the <noscript> message of a few minutes ago - the page now passes the validator OK. But the 'solution' strikes me as odd.

What i am trying to do is vary some text within a message based upon whether javascript is enabled. This message is made bold with a <b> tag. The validator apparently didn't like a <noscript> tag embedded between the <b> and the </b>. So, i had to add a close tag </b> before the <noscript> tag, then add both <b> and </b> to the text within the <noscript> block. But the validator wouldn't let me do the same for the text within the <script> block, since it can't recognize the opening <b> tag, and then complains that the closing </b> tag has no corresponding open tag. So, my only recourse was to include a closing </b> tag between the script and noscript blocks, like this:

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<b>Some bold message text varying depending upon whether 
 
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
document.write("Javascript is enabled");
</script>

<!-- Squirrelly fix here -->
</b>

<noscript>
 <b>Javascript is not enabled</b>
</noscript>

<b> on the client machine. Now, close the bold text.</b>
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Confused? I think i am. This doesn't look like proper markup, but i have no idea how else to do it.

pax et bonum,
Jerry