RE: dumb question ( logic tells me the answer I just want to be sure)
No, that is the crankcase vent. There should be a nipple on the muffler for pressure. If you are running a straight pipe with no muffler, no pressure is needed.
For that crankcase vent, it will spit some black gunky stuff (Technical term). You can put a piece of fuel line on it and vent it outside of the cowl if you want to keep things clean in there.