The kidnappings had brought an unusual display of collective concern and political unity in Italy.
The collective concerns of youth culture — dropping out, getting high, generally thumbing the nose at the Man — take precedence.
Some describe poetry's trajectory during this period from "pure" to "social" as a move from yo to nosotros ("I" to "we"), from personal to collective concerns.
I was, for that morning at least, owned by the campsite, wrapped in their collective concern as warmly as I was wrapped in my towelling top.
And always in the background stands collective concern for the plight of Palestinians, still languishing in camps more than half a century after the establishment of the state of Israel.
"Maybe the collective concern is that they'll never be able to come up with a show that will rival or surpass the sensibility of 'The West Wing,' " said Shari Anne Brill, a senior vice president at the media agency Carat.
What brought us together was a collective concern about the continuing polarisation and a criticism of the government's attitude towards artists – pointing the finger at individuals and accusing them of being behind the protests.
"Our collective concern is that we think the amounts of money being paid to these folks are by almost any measure obscene," said Stanley Eleff, a lawyer in Tampa who signed the letter.
