Oh definitely. There have been a couple of times where I haven't held back, though, and I don't regret it. I felt that I said something that needed to be said, and if no one else was going to say it, I would...then it turned out there were a bunch of people hanging around who agreed with what I said. That was not really a surprise, but much appreciated.
I think holding back occurs for a couple of reasons: holding back out of politeness, out of fear of hanging your ass out there with an opinion others might not share, or else someone has already said what I wanted to say better than I could have said it myself (this happens more than you might think...I consider more than a few of you brain twins).
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