Resolved: Tell others that the water will be shut off.

Let me start in verse. Bear with me on how crude this might sound: ~~ALT: Thirsty Thinking (rebuttal of the devil's advocate)~~~ There once was lad named Amy who heard a suspicious tale. She heard the water would be shut off on a day as hot as hell. She sat and wondered what she should do while seeing her good friend Ann. The two conspired long and hard to see what they could plan. The two longed for merriment on a brand new bike today. The tale they heard just now was the easiest way to pay. Though even if they told the tale their willingness would be for naught. For who believes small children on matters that effect the lot? Alright, now taking everything into consideration, Amy should probably keep the information to herself. 1) As suggested at the end of my rhyme, telling everyone that the water will be shut off in advance would probably be pointless. After all, we're talking about two ten year children? In our society, such status almost always gives one next to zero credibility. We are under the belief that "kids say the darnest things." The neighborhood will probably take it as a joke and the parents of Amy would lecture/punish her severely for "lying." Even when neglecting the fact that Amy is just a 10 year old tike, we've gotta keep in mind that this is a pretty wild story in itself. Even me being 18, I doubt I'd be able to convince my community to act in advance on this without solid evidence. Which brings me to my next point. 2) In order to persuade the neighborhood to listen, Amy is gonna need some solid evidence. Hearsay won't get her anywhere, especially as a ten year old. Now given that she is just a ten years old, her resources are going to be pretty sparse. Given that she has until the afternoon to get some conclusive evidence, it's pretty pointless in going that route. By the time she even gets close to exposing a water corporation on their inexcusable methods, the afternoon would be long gone (actually, months may have passed at that point). 3) Thus, rather than attempt to battle the likely inevitable, Amy should simply go ahead and fill up the water jugs herself so that she could supply them to the likely narrow minded neighbors when the time comes. Plus, what do bikes for ten year olds cost nowadays? Like 50 bucks ( http://www.walmart.com... )? She could sell the water cheaply. Plus, considering the fact that she did do all of this labor and is using these supplies, she would be entitled to payment here. In this case, it is certain that the neighborhood won't go thirsty for a torturous amount of time. In PROs case, even if Amy tells her tale, it is very much unlikely that many anyone will believe her, thus everyone will go without water. Thus, she would be doing what produces the most happiness for the most people (as in not reasoning with the people who will likely inevitably end up with no water, but insuring that they do end up with water, but for a cheap prices) 4) Finally, this helps Amy develop some business skills and general intelligence, so Amy's personal benefits would no doubt be more practical than simply getting a bike. Besides, gotta learn the value of a dollar at some point. Now in response to PRO's reasoning, I don't like Kant or Mill, but their reasoning doesn't really help PRO. I've already covered Mill, so lets just move on to Kant. Since it's a given that everyone would be paying for the water, we can scratch out any protestations concerning equal treatment. As for those who may find the fact that Amy is charging money as being unfair no matter how cheap a price (again, a bike should be pretty cheap, especially ones for ten year olds), these cheap skates would have the necessary incentive needed to learn a valuable lesson (which is to stock up on water supplies during the time of a heat wave). Thus, this would be fair/just in that rather than necessarily supplying others with fish, Amy is teaching them how to fish. After all, if you give a man a fish, he will eat for one day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life. That's all for now. Bear in mind, some of these points may need two rounds of elaboration.