Expressing Suspicions

Interview With Ana Levski. Questions And Answers wrote:
Q. Thank you for meeting with me today Mrs Levski. Now, I'm sure you know why I'm here today and what I'm here to ask. The marriage law. You were the person that got the ball rolling I believe? I was wondering if you could tell me, in as much detail as possible, about your research.
A. Yes, through my work in the Department of Mysteries, I created the basis for the law. While I did not, myself, write the law, I am charged with enforcing it, at least by way of the meetings. My research involved looking into the likelihood of illness based on blood status. It also included looking at the strength of magic based on ancestry and blood status. It proved that those with entirely pure bloodlines created weaker magical ability. Much like illness is more likely, magical ability is more likely to be diluted through the problems that arise from marrying between pureblooded families. Somewhere in their ancestry, the families have likely intermarried already. It's like when royalty marries other royalty that is likely related to them, they tend to have more problems. Because of this, I reached the conclusion that marrying those not of the same blood status would foster the potential for stronger magical ability and would hinder the likelihood of illness as devastating as the Welsh Green Itch, which passed around not too long ago.

Q. From your research it makes sense that marriages between different blood statuses would be preferred, but why does that mean it becomes a legal matter? Do people not have the right to choose their partners? No matter how diluted their children's abilities may become?
A. Without the law, it would be more or less impossible to convince those in the Pureblood community to realize that they were on a downward path, just as much as it would be unhelpful to state the findings and hope that people took it upon themselves to do something about their future. Those who aren't Pureblooded would likely not care enough to change their opinions of Purebloods, no matter how we phrased it. It is for the benefit of the next generation that we ensure the change will happen.

Q. Does that mean to say you are against upholding tradition? And even if you are against pure bloods following their ancestor's legacy does that mean you feel you have the right to arrange marriages, map out peoples lives and engineer a society to fit your ideologies?
A. Just because one part of society makes it a tradition does not make it right. This law Nd this research is not about me. It is about the safety of the next generation, and the one after that. The circumstances aren't perfect, but if it means that the Purebloods don't die out, wouldn't that be preferable? I don't think you want to see them turn into squibs.

Q. But it doesn't mean that it's wrong either. Your research is one piece of research. It's not very representative or reliable is it. Perhaps if more research was conducted there would be reasons to invite more pure blood marriages?
And even if it is, as you believe, not beneficial to the next generation, why do you feel you have the power to exert a law about the matter? What gives you that power?
A. You don't seem to be getting the point. This research is what I have been working on since I left the Auror office and joined the Department of Mysteries. This is not something I did in a few days and decided it would do. I've been in the Magic office for about six years, after spending six years in the Time office. Needless to say, my research is not inefficient nor insufficient.
As I have said repeatedly, I did not write the law. I merely showed my research to others in my department, who in turn decided we had to do something about it before people like you and your family continued to prevent sufficient magical ability for your children.
The power is not in my hands; No one said I claimed that it was. I often tell people in the meetings that I do not have enough power to get them out of the law, to help them petition it to marry their fiancé and the like. I did the research, learned about how badly the future could go for Purebloods, and took it upon myself to show my research - which is expected by my department - and the law was forged by another's hand.

Q. So if it wasn't you then who did come up with the law? Which coward doesn't have the guts to come forward and say they were the ones who brought about this law?
A. One of the attorneys at the Ministry is responsible, though I'm not disclosed to inform you who it was.