Point to ponder

[avevale_intelligencer]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that no-one will ever be in need of a writer.

Discuss, taking care to distinguish between "need" as we might externally perceive it from our civilised standpoint, and need as it would appear to people whose primary concern is survival.

Comments

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you know that that was not the intended meaning. Let's keep the rhetorical daggers peace-bonded, please.