My goal was not to compare Azerbaijanis with Poles and the peoples of the Baltic countries. It would be absurd to make such a comparison. I just want to say that from a historical point of view—and from other important points of view, the events taking place in Azerbaijan today seem legitimate and completely natural.
Each historical period had its own ways, means and instruments of punishment. Sometimes I force myself to go the Internet and torture myself by looking at the tools of punishment invented throughout history. The inventors and makers of those tools did their best to make sure people would die a painful—and very, very slow death.
If we’re looking to find a comprehensive answer to this question, we must list all the reasons, one by one. Just like in the famous story. There are forty reasons the canon didn’t fire. One of the reasons is the lack of gunpowder. If we list all the reasons to answer the question why there are no patrons of the arts in Azerbaijan, we’ll end up with a long saga.