WE’VE always felt Congreve’s or Shakespeare’s “Hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman scorned” is a bit too hyperbolic and too disrespectful of womanhood to be given any importance. But we thought of it when we read yesterday’s banner story [“Susan hits Grace foes”] by our colleague Tessa Mauricio-Arriola and saw the accompanying headshot of an angry Susan Roces.

We feel deeply for Mrs. Jesusa Soñora Poe, whose maternal heart must have been pierced with pain each time she heard or read accusations against her daughter. It was clear to us that the pain she feels is more excruciating whenever she hears any one calling Senator Poe an adopted daughter and a foundling. Parents of adopted children try their mightiest best to spare the children any pain, shame or stigma for not being natural or biological offsprings. And her words about this are heart-wringing: “How dare you call my daughter a foundling!”

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