# Iceland vs. U.S.?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-vs-u-s/151080>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 26, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-vs-u-s/151080 "2003-01-26T19:44:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![glratt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@glratt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glratt)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-vs-u-s/151080/1 "2003-01-26T19:44:38Z")

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What is the relevance of the Iceland statistic?  
Is it not the case that, in the social fabric  
in Iceland, bastardy carries little to none of  
the stigma that it does in what passes for  
culture in the U.S.?

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**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-vs-u-s/151080/2 "2003-01-26T20:08:25Z")

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Welcome aboard **glratt**. You need to read [this note](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103596).

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**Author:** ![glratt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@glratt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glratt)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-vs-u-s/151080/3 "2003-01-26T20:53:05Z")

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My error - the column in question, entitled “Is  
it true half of all marriages end in divorce?”,  
can be found here -

[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030124.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030124.html)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-vs-u-s/151080/4 "2003-01-26T20:54:06Z")

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There are currently two additional threads open about the column.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158547&highlight=iceland](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158547&highlight=iceland)

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158565&highlight=iceland](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158565&highlight=iceland)