John Molony, the mayor of Mount Isa, an Australian mining town, put it bluntly: "With five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged women should proceed to Mount Isa."

For this, he got a goodly portion of Australia (forgive me) hopping mad.

"We're appalled," a councilwoman from Mount Isa told Australia's Courier-Mail.

"It's a public attack on women and a form of verbal and emotional abuse," said a domestic violence worker ...

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