Skanky the mouthy teenaged twit wrote:
> > > Most people see the chance to live as a need.
> >
> > No, they don't. They see it as a powerful desire - a want - but
not a
> > need.
>
> I should correct my wording:
> Most people see continuing to stay alive as a need.

Your correction is still wrong. It's a want, not a need.

>
> You can call it a want if you like.

It IS a want. There is no such thing as "need" the way you mean the
word.