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[QUOTE="Stick66, post: 788633, member: 7928"]
I agree with your idea, Zach.  "Taking the initiative" works quite a bit, but not always.  As with all things in poker, "It depends."  Yes, I agree that passivity can also get paid off in the right spots.  That's why I think reads are so valuable.
 
In one of Sklansky's books (forgot which), he says in affect that your raise should have a purpose.  Some common purposes are to get player(s) to fold, to build a bigger pot, to isolate one player, etc.  He says that if you don't think you can achieve your purpose for raising, don't raise.  If you raise PF, get a caller, you flop nothing, and you know he'll call your c-bet with bottom pair or a GS or something, don't raise.  If you flop the nuts and you know your opponent will fold if you bet but might bet if you check to him, don't raise.  Some folks would even recommend min-betting in these situations (but not me necessarily).  
 
So the point is that continuing the aggression on the flop works in many situations, but folks shouldn't take it as a blanket rule.
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