Depends on how you define “Platonic”. If you mean that a man and a woman cannot have a close friendly relationship without having romantic feelings, you’re probably right. On the other hand, if you mean that such feelings will, inevitably lead to action, not so. (Vide Maseches Sukos, 52B). Also, Joseph, with all due respect to R’Moshe ZT”L, one cannot paskin a metzius, Perhaps you used the wrong word. Perhaps you meant that it was R’ Moshe’s opinion that such a relationship was impossible, and that we hedyotos should give serious weight to his opinion.
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