It's OK to talk about mistakes, but just like a teenager who violates the rules tells us about it, we appreciate that they told us about it, but there should still be some sort of consequences.
One thing us modern commuters should perhaps be grateful for, although first class passengers on the early trains had covered carriages, everyone else was exposed to the elements.
We give thanks for the freedoms they defend – the freedom to think what we want and say what we think, to worship according to our own beliefs, to choose our leaders and, yes, criticize them without punishment.
'You had nothing to be grateful for, ' said she, raising her eyes, and looking full and straight at him. 'You mean, I suppose, that you believe you ought to thank me for what I did'.
The conditions from which she had fled were intolerable, past speaking of, past believing: she was young, she was frightened, she was desperate—what more natural than that she should be grateful to her rescuer?
Sitting around the turkey talking about cancer and heart disease may seem like a grim thing to do when you're supposed to be giving thanks for everything that's going right.
Dorothea's face brightened. " It is I who have most to thank for, since you have let me take that place. You have consented" ? she said, suddenly doubting.