I think the author is referring to catastrophic damage in the sense of file/data corruption and loss. In that light a BSOD makes sense as a way to "stop the er

I think the author is referring to catastrophic damage in the sense of file/data corruption and loss. In that light a BSOD makes sense as a way to "stop the error" since it halts execution rather than silently continue. I agree that it's strange, though.