I have always thought of this when being on forums. Like if someone that I knew was gone for a while on a forum I would always wonder what had happened to them and if they had died. There are some people on other forums that I would be affected if they had died. If someone I didn't know died and I found out, it would be weird.
I don't mind Canadians at all. In fact there was a poll in some magazine, can't remember, that said that Canada is the most liked country in the whole world. U.S.A was 3rd lowest.