It's not quite that simple -- while "raises the question" would be correct in Giles' sentence, your essay on publishing does consist of a circular argument. An

It's not quite that simple -- while "raises the question" would be correct in Giles' sentence, your essay on publishing does consist of a circular argument. And here instead of addressing the question of whether you really read this site or remember the Parrot posts, you pick a low-hanging ad hominem. At least his attack on you directly addressed (and undermined) your argument, instead of just being a grammar nitpick. Fallacies don't cancel each other out, even when misapplied :)