"And if you somehow think that the curtailed rights only apply to the half-breeds and not you, ask yourself this: If you are pulled off the street tomorrow, and the snatchers (now legitimatized as Ministry Security) call you half-breed, or a homosexual, or in league with the gobins — exactly how are you going to convince them to give you a hearing to prove you are not? Do you think the solicitors working for the Wizengamot are going to help you?