Gorgias

First and foremost, I gotta give Gorgias credit; he is one hell of a BSer.

I actually found his four arguments on Helen to be rather clever, and very enjoyable. My personal favorite has got to be his will of the gods idea. I think it makes the most sense in the context of the time in which it was written. Now I'm obviously not saying that I believe in Zues or any of those guys, I'm just saying that divine intervention is a pretty darn good reason for someone to do something. Gorgias says, "god's predetermination cannot be hindered by human predetermination." It is, in my opinion, the ultimate, unbeatable argument. One that people in power have been using for many, many years. The God's will argument. If God is all powerful and controls everything, and he (or she) decides something is to be, then of course all of us mere mortals are completely powerless to change this. You killed your wife? Hey man, what was I supposed to do? It was ordained by the Gods. However, I think that as a rhetorician it's a rather flimsy, low-blow of an argument, simply because it can't be argued against.