I agree with Hobbes... for now...yeah

Hobbes's description of the nature of laughter relates to my thoughts about laughter more than Bergson's. Bergson states that people laugh more in groups “laughter always implies a kind of secret freemasonry... with other laughers” but I laugh the same amount, if not more, when I am alone than when I am around others. I think that Bergson explains what a humorous situation consists of more than the reason for laughter. He explains that people laugh when someone does something unintentionally. He uses examples of people falling. When people fall, they do so unintentionally and that makes the fall a humorous and laughable situation. Another situation Bergson describes is thinking that “a deformity that a normally built person could successfully imitate” is funny. But humorous situations do not cause everyone to laugh. As Hobbes points out, “much laughter at the defects of others is a sign of pusillanimity.” Hobbes states that laughing at the imperfections of others is a sign of weakness and cowardice. He also states that people can laugh at “some sudden act of their own that pleaseth them”. Therefore, I agree more with Hobbes because I too think that laughing at other people's disabilities is a sign of immaturity and ignorance. Also Hobbes acknowledges that people laugh at themselves and does not state that others need to be present to laugh along with one person. However, I think it is fair to say that I base my opinions of Hobbes and Bergson on the small passages that I have read. With further reading, I may change my opinion of each, but for now, I agree with Hobbes more than Bergson.