week 1 dq post Pearlie Blackmon-Cotton 

I have done a lot of work researching the 1754-1762 war. It has a number of names based on which culture is being represented. The 7 Years War, the French and Indian War, the Samhain War, etc.

The last being the most interesting to discuss since the last combines the real name of Rome with the facts that said war 1754-1762 was merely a continuation of the events from the Trojan War. I could explain but that would take a lot of words to describe only the major battles between the 18^th dynasty, Troy, Knossos, Poseidon (Athens), Italy, Samhain (Rome), Paris, Londonium, Hadrian’s Wall, the Pictish Revolt, Hastings, the Crusade's, the Salem Witch Trails, to this specific war.

Less than 10 years later this war led directly to the American Revolution. Three cultures were involved; the Colonists, the British, and the English. Three very differnet cultures to say the absolute least. THE British in America were still using Gaelic hence the use of the word Samhain, pronounced 7. The City of 7 Hills, the name and the nickname is not possible since the character 7 and the spelling of seven did not exist till post 600 bce. However, the pronunciation 7 did exist in Gaelic spelled Samhain. The 7 years war was fought between primarily two primarily non-English speaking cultures, the Prussians and the British. The Prussians used of course Prussian and or German and the British used Gaelic. First rule when treating a patient for any type of a medical condition “take as detailed a history as possible”. When trying to work on and through culture, having a working knowledge of that culture’s history is an absolute must. The patient might be trying to conform to a group of rules and regulations which one of there heritage and or where they live cultures is demanding.

Example when I was a child in school, the cultures I grew up in and around demanded I act and respond in very specific ways. I disagreed with them, and a huge amount of problems cascaded from my refusal to follow the cultural rules of order. I am not a usual person or I would have simply hated every second of my life and behaviors operated based on following someone elses rules of acceptable order. The more we study culture and its history the more we can understand why people perform the actions they do. Their cultures tells them it is ok, and or they are suppressing their true nature so hard it comes out in unpredictable and usually destructive behavior patterns, which only grow more violence the longer it is suppressed.

As you mentioned Mississippi, I state I drove through several years ago. About the only thing politically safe to discuss regarding the area are events which took place in the 1600s and early 1700s. Everything after 1770 is not ok to discuss or even mildly mention. That is a clear case of why sociology is a requirement to study. It is the job of academics to study what the culture itself cannot deal with. Hence the roll of comedians, they operate in a sociological framework. They come into a situation observe what the culture is doing, and make a joke out of the cultural issues present.