In the final and most ferocious installment of the phenomenally popular PRO or CON column, Stranger readers just barely approved the Seattle Goose-O-Caust, with a bloodthirsty 252 votes pro to a goose-hugging 248 votes con.

Following the death of the beloved Pro or Con, we offer our groundbreaking new column, YEA or NAY?

This week, an international coalition of scientists announced that they have successfully deciphered the entire makeup of human DNA. To many, this discovery is an almost impossibly thrilling innovation. To others, it's the beginning of the end of human life as we know it. Now we ask you.

DECIPHERING DNA:

YEA or NAY?

YEA: The deciphering of human DNA is a break-through on a par with the identification of the solar system or the invention of Olestra, and will lead mankind to a new, previously unimaginable level of evolution.

NAY: The deciphering of DNA can lead to nowhere but ruin, as it allows men to play God, and God should only be played by God Himself, or, in a pinch, by George Burns.

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