Funny that Faust's comment was done in cruel irony, but that point is true regardless.
There's a 'Philosophical' question that pisses me way the fuck off to eternity and back: "Can a man and woman be friends?" Like, the concept of gay is not new, people. The word "lesbian" itself comes from an island that way so full of 'em you were persecuted for not being one; an island the Greeks visited quite often. And if in that context the answer is "no", then there is no such thing as friends. I mean if you legitimately think that, then that question holds value, but it's going about asking it in such a convoluted and hashed-up way.