I think part of the stigma is that "damage history" connotates that the plane was in an accident and that perhaps this means the plane is now bent, won't fly straight, or has some other demon that is not noticible to the eye but may come back to haunt the plane.
I'd say there's a difference between smashing it up in a landing vs. bending something because you forgot to open your hangar doors all the way before pushing the plane back (which I've never done by the way) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> and then getting the damage repaired.
