Should I top it for security reasons

I've got one plant that has grown to the top of the fence. Its safe as long as It can't be seen from over the fence because there's a storage building about a foot away from the fence. But if it get over the fence the neighbor (a devout mormon and rabid conservative) will be able to see it from his vegetable garden. I've tried tieing it down but had trouble with the plant spliting when the colas got heavy. Should I top it now before the colas start forming and hope that it will bush out for me.
Here's a pic I took about a month ago. It looks a little pale in the pic but its nice and green now that I got it on a regular feeding schedule.

I wouldnt want to top it...... but thats my opinion. I would try something else

just tie it down, cause thoes look like their going to get some big buds, so just tie down. but pull it down a lil at a time cause u dont want to snap the branch. once its budding. get some banbu sticks so u can suport the weight of the buds

CrazyChester said:

But if it get over the fence the neighbor (a devout mormon and rabid conservative) will be able to see it from his vegetable garden.

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Devout Mormons don't know what those plants are, believe me. But I understand your concern. Have you thought about FIM?

I was concerned that it would snap because another plant split right down the middle. I did bend it really slow but as the colas formed and got heavy it split.
Enlighten me about FIM.

yeah whats FIm

Google it. Its a pretty simple technique and from what I hear really works.

FIM Technique
There is a topping method known as the FIM technique. If you push the leaves apart at the very top of the plant you should see a small bud (not flowering bud but an actually leaf bud). Use a pair of nail clippers to pinch off about 3/4 of the bud. This should result in more than two top colas being developed. In a single FIM clipping you can produce up to eight new top colas.
The origins of this technique are humorous. As the story goes, FIM was discovered accidentally when a grower messed up a topping exercise. FIM stands for: "Fuck I Missed".