I'd say I fall squarely on the 'no declaw' side of things. When we got our cat, we considered it, until I did some research on the subject. After reading sites like:
http://www.declawing.com/
and:
http://www.declawing.com/htmls/declawing.htm
There's no way I'd get a cat declawed unless it were absolutely necessary. Not to be judgemental on those who do have their cats declawed...but at least read those pages before you decide.
I'm not usually a tenderhearted person, but...poor kitty!