I think this depends mainly on what kind of tournament you're playing in, where that tournament is, and what you've observed about the other players at the table. For example, early in a freeroll at Absolute Poker, there are lots of crazies who go all in on nothing (I'd say close to 25% of the people in the tournament). Not that you should fold it, but I wouldn't raise it either. This early, I wouldn't want to start blowing money on raises that I have a good chance of losing when someone goes all-in. On the other hand, at Noble Poker there are fewer players and they are mainly much tighter, so you could raise 2x BB. I know mainly about freerolls, so it's probably different in money buy-in tournaments.
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