Well, as you said, we knew the end result of this thread before it began. The 1990s wins.
One thing I find odd about this forum (as opposed to every other music forum I've visited) is that so many people here want to make U2 a Premier League team. The idea that one group of songs "wins" over another group is absurd. By pointing out at the onset that I KNOW most of you prefer the 90s already, I was hoping you would take that as a hint not to simply state which decade is better and then sign out, but rather to engage in a stimulating discussion about the relative merits / characteristics of each decade (of course, you can feel free to state which you like better, which is how I -- perhaps awkwardly -- phrased it in the thread-title).
I guess I would have had more luck if I'd started a thread like this: "How much do you HATE "One", the worst song ever written???"