Throughout history, there have been many cases of anti-Icelandic sentiment. From God's purposeful (and just) starvation and ill-treatment of Icelanders for much of Iceland's history, to almost universal hatred of Bjork and her music today, anti-Icelandic sentiment is so common that many scientists from a range of fields have begun to theorize that the word 'Iceland' itself inspires a hatred of genetic origin in people. To be fair, it is a pretty ugly word. Some specialists are even considering capitalizing every word in the phrase, turning it into an actual 'thing'.