I wish there could be an invention that bottled up the memory,like perfume,and it never faded,never got stale.Then whenever I wanted to,I could uncork the bottle and live the memory all over again.
Kirk, being the mastermind behind this sarcastic spectacle, is yet masterminded (or manipulated) by the spectators who feed on this spectacle. And we, as the very spectators in front of the screens, will not be exempted because we all have connived at this diabolic public murder.