What is the relationship among culture subculture and counterculture?

First of all, culture is a very subjective term. For the most part, the average individual will view one's culture in direct relation to the country or nationality that an individual grew up in. However, culture can be a much more intricate and personal thing for most, where one's culture is more defined by their immediate surroundings (people, places, events, etc.). I believe that most people have a hard enough time relating their own personal sense of culture to the world's idea of what their culture should be. Therefore, in many cases, a person's own sense of their cultural influences could be considered subculture. Of course, the traditional definition of subculture would indicate that there are more specific cultures that exist within larger and more broadly defined cultures. However, I believe this definition is redundant when one considers how an individual's sense of culture is really the essence of a subculture. As far as counterculture is concerned, I am not completely familiar with this term, but my understanding leads me to believe that counterculture is the subculture that exists within and beneath the individual's sense of subculture. These forms of counterculture generally collide and form opposites to the average person's idea of a region's overarching cultural influence. War and aggression in regions of peace and equality....close-mindedness and hatred in a region where understanding and acceptance are the norm. Terrorism, then, could be considered a global form of counterculture that seeks to dislodge any sense of security that one's culture might have provided. Of course, this too is subjective....