Request Validation - ASP.NET MVC 2

Has request validation changed for ASP.NET MVC 2, more precisely, not validating?

I did the following:

Web.configs (in App directory and Views directory)

<pages
    validateRequest="false"

Controller/Action Attribute

[ValidateInput(false)]

In @Page View Directive

ValidateRequest="false"

The page still gets validated an exception is thrown when HTML content is posted.

UPDATE

Created a new ASP.NET MVC 2 Application and I modified the Home Controller's Index to this

    [ValidateInput(false)]
    public ActionResult Index(string InputText)
    {
        ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";

        return View();
    }

and my View Page

<% using(Html.BeginForm()){ %>
    <%= Html.TextBox("InputText") %>
    <input type="submit" />
<% } %>

And still the same issue, an exception is thrown.