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Was "When Harry Met Sally" right?

There are probably between 5 and 10 films I can't ever get tired of watching (that may be an understatement), and Rob Reiner/Nora Ephron's classic, When Harry Met Sally , is one such film. It is, without question, my favorite romantic comedy of all-time, and every now and again, I feel the urge to watch it again for the umpteenth time. Just recently, for whatever reason, I began thinking about some classic dialogue from the film regarding platonic friendship between men and women. Here are the two back-and-forths from the film about the matter: Harry Burns: "You realize of course that we could never be friends." Sally Albright: "Why not?" Harry Burns: "What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way." Sally Albright: "That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved." Harry Burns...