1 No. "Blocking" isn't blocking at all. It's not a refusal of acceptance at the Mail Server.It's just Outlook filtering your email for you, and determining "hey this one's on the block list, I'll just trash it".
2 However, if the sender is the least bit computer-savvy, they will know that it was you who "blocked" them when they try to send you an Email, and the answer to your Question would therefore be "yes".
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.