text: can someone define civil war for me? i read this  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4829786.stm  and then this   http://www.civilwarhome.com/    now i am confused, can someone explain this to me. there is no such thing.  once you experience war for yourself, you'll see that there is nothing civil about war at all.  it's not supposed to be about civility, but survival.