hmmm, I see your point -- number of comments per page, sort order, etc. the list of comment options could get pretty long. I guess what I was expecting was that all comments would simply be listed (just like they are after you've click "View Comments".
What I would like is a page that simply has a small "post" from me, and the comments are the central focus of the page. I did not want a "forum" style, because I do not necessarily want the users responding to each other, just to my post. And I did not want the user to have to click through multiple levels of navigation to get there. So far, the closest I've gotten to achieving this is having a blog with a single post that has comments enabled. Is there perhaps another type of module better suited to this?