can I remove the comment theme files?

[cfoster1216@me.com]

Gary,

That is controlled in your admin settings under the discussion settings. You can uncheck the box that says allow people to comment on articles.

If that doesn't do the trick you need to look through your template files and remove any code that looks like this:

<div class="comments">
	
			<?php comments_template('',true); ?>
			
</div>

Let me know if this helps!