This event is not either the idea of a Gadol Batorah. This is actually an example of what I was describing. Whoever thought this up also thought up ways to make it become popular. One way is to make it a public Teffilas Hashla affair, and the main way was to get famous Rabbonim to appear and even to back it.
When they come in front of a Rav with a paper to sign, his signature is an approval of the message rather than a proclamation that you wanted to write the same thing. I hope the Rabbonim of tommorow will realize this.