SharonA--I agree with you about the cops, and the other unsung heroes and heroines who likely saved lives, not necessarily at the cost of their own, whom we may never know of because they are being drowned out by those singing in the chorus for the firefighters.

I hate that sort of game--the creating of a hierarchy of heroes, but that seems to be what is happening to a certain extent.

As to the use of the word "minor" as in tiff, thanks for clarifying. I was using the word in the context of the public relations wars, not the altercation on the street between the handful of firefighters and cops, which I agree, was minor. As to the political fall-out from it, hard to say this far from NYC. Maybe someone who is closer to it on a daily basis can comment.