I rarely use the Internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained … - Annie Proulx

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As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

Annie Proulx

I rarely use the Internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained is often untrustworthy and couched in execrable prose. It is unpleasant to sit in front of a twitching screen suffering assault by virus, power outage, sluggish searches, system crashes, the lack of direct human discourse, all in an atmosphere of scam and hustle.

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