Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post
The only way that that would be excusable is if Ging's work with the Hunters is somehow preventing the world his son lives in from being destroyed or something.

Like if things like Chimera Ants are always threatening to wipe out humanity, and Ging is one of the only people preventing it.
There's no danger of that, for good or for ill. He could spend a considerable time building Greed Island with his friends, and that was for absolutely no higher purpose. Even his message to Gon was: Hey, look at what I could pull off with my buddies!