It was the tens of thousands of children worldwide who raised money and sent letters about Keiko, however, who probably most effectively pierced a collective conscience.

数万名来自世界各地的孩子们纷纷为凯科捐款，并相互写信讨论它的事情。也许凯科唤起了人们的良知。

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The fate of polar bears weighs on our collective conscience more than pandas because of melting ice caps.

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Slavery remains the affront to human dignity and stain on our collective conscience that it has always been.

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Asia's slowness on the Net means that many companies and businesses had their names snaffled up before the Net and e-commerce entered the region's collective conscience.

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